# Review MCP operation permissions without assumptions

Illustrative planning brief; no automatic product import.

Illustrative case: an operator wants an agent to summarize tasks only, but the server exposes creation and update tools.

## Decision

Bound the requested workflow to reads and verify server enforcement before claiming writes are impossible.

## Owned work

- Define the user intent
  - Owner role: Administrator
  - Acceptance evidence: The approved operation is a task-context read, not creation/update.
- Inspect client tool exposure
  - Owner role: Operator
  - Acceptance evidence: Available and selected tools are checked against that purpose.
- Verify enforcement separately
  - Owner role: Product operator
  - Acceptance evidence: The actual deployed permission boundary is tested rather than inferred from token scopes.

## Workflow

1. Document the allowed operation and workspace.
2. Configure client exposure appropriate to that purpose.
3. Verify the server boundary before advertising a read-only deployment.

## Judgment

MCP write-scope enforcement is marked TODO in the inspected source. Client filtering expresses intent but is not equivalent to a server guarantee.


## Filled illustrative decision

The illustrative read-only request needs a task summary, while the source server exposes both reads and writes. The reviewer restricts the requested operations and records that token write-scope enforcement has not been established. A workflow instruction is therefore not presented as a server-enforced security boundary.


## Scope conditions

- User intent / Specific read purpose and workspace / No extra writes implied
- Client exposure / Only needed tools selected where supported / Do not treat selection as server enforcement
- Server boundary / Deployment-specific enforcement evidence / Do not claim a verified read-only guarantee


## Workflow questions

### Does a read scope currently guarantee no writes?

The inspected source does not establish that guarantee; write guards remain pending.

### Is connecting all tools necessary for summaries?

No. Use only the context tools needed by the bounded workflow.

## Product connection

Review the source-backed TeamBoost MCP guard limitations and actual workspace authority before permitting writes; a token label alone is insufficient.

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