Search for stories in Shortcut.
AI agents call search_stories to retrieve information from Shortcut Com MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries story data from the Shortcut ticket management system. Search operations are read-only with no side effects—they do not create, modify, delete, or execute any changes. The lowest risk category (Read) is appropriate.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_stories' and description 'Search for stories in Shortcut' indicate a query/search operation that retrieves data without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for stories in Shortcut. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Shortcut Com MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Shortcut Com MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_stories: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Shortcut Com MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_stories is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_stories rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_stories. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
search_stories is provided by the Shortcut Com MCP Server MCP server (wynnd/mcp-server-shortcut). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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