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Birding Planner

12 tools. 2 can modify or destroy data without limits.

2 write tools that can modify data. Rate limits recommended.

Last updated: 3 Jul 2026

2 can modify or destroy data

10 read-only

12 tools total

Community server · catalogue entry verified 03/07/2026

How to control Birding Planner ↓

TOOL MAP

What Birding Planner exposes to your agents

Read (10) Write / Execute (2) Destructive / Financial (0)

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MOST DANGEROUS TOOLS

High Risk

The most dangerous Birding Planner tools

Write · Medium submit_email This tool creates and sends an email message, which is a write operation that modifies data (creates a new email record/message in the email system). Write · Medium plan_vacation_birding Discovery report for birding at a travel destination. Surfaces target species you won

2 of Birding Planner's 12 tools can modify, destroy, or commit something on every call — and an agent calls them with no built-in limits.

POLICY

How to control Birding Planner

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Birding Planner, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. These are the rules we recommend:

Rate limit write operations

{
  "plan_vacation_birding": {
    "limits": [
      {
        "counter": "plan_vacation_birding_per_hour",
        "window": "hour",
        "max": 30,
        "scope": "grant"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Prevents bulk unintended modifications from agents caught in loops.

Cap read operations

{
  "best_day_to_bird": {
    "limits": [
      {
        "counter": "best_day_to_bird_per_minute",
        "window": "minute",
        "max": 60,
        "scope": "grant"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Controls API costs and prevents retry loops from exhausting upstream rate limits.

Create a free account and register Birding Planner — nothing to install.
Add these rules — paste them, or build them visually. Tune the limits to your setup.
Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.

ENFORCE POLICY ON BIRDING PLANNER →

Instant setup, no code required.

FULL CATALOGUE

All 12 Birding Planner tools

WRITE 2 tools

Write plan_vacation_birding Discovery report for birding at a travel destination. Surfaces target species you won Write submit_email Submit the composed birding briefing email.

READ 10 tools

Read best_day_to_bird Recommend the best day to go birding within a date range, combining BirdCast migration forecasts, historical e Read birding_weather Get NWS weather data interpreted for birding: overnight wind direction/speed (the key migration predictor), mo Read birding_window Calculate sunrise, civil twilight, and recommended arrival time for a birding session at a given location and Read compare_hotspots Compare multiple eBird hotspots side-by-side: unique species, shared species, notable sightings, and checklist Read hotspot_details Get detailed info about a specific eBird hotspot: recent species, notable sightings, and frequency data for th Read migration_forecast Get BirdCast migration data for a region: last night Read plan_birding_trip Plan a birding trip by finding the best nearby hotspots, combining recent species diversity, notable sightings Read species_finder Find where a specific bird species has been seen recently near a location, sorted by most recent observation. Read species_frequency Look up historical frequency data for a species in a region using BirdCast bar chart data. Returns peak week, Read verify_sighting Cross-reference an eBird species sighting against iNaturalist photo-verified observations nearby. Returns conf

FAQ

Questions about Birding Planner

How do I prevent bulk modifications through Birding Planner? +

The Birding Planner server has 2 write tools including plan_vacation_birding, submit_email. Set a rate limit in your policy -- for example, 10 calls per hour prevents an agent from making more than 10 modifications per hour. PolicyLayer enforces this at the gateway, before calls reach Birding Planner.

How many tools does the Birding Planner MCP server expose? +

12 tools across 2 categories: Read, Write. 10 are read-only. 2 can modify, create, or delete data.

How do I enforce a policy on Birding Planner? +

Register the Birding Planner MCP server in PolicyLayer, apply the suggested rules above (adjust the limits to your use case), and point your AI client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL instead of the server directly. Your agents keep the same tools; PolicyLayer evaluates every call against policy before it executes. Nothing to install, live in minutes.

Enforce policy on every Birding Planner tool call.

Deterministic rules across all 12 Birding Planner tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.

ENFORCE POLICY ON BIRDING PLANNER →

Instant setup, no code required.

12 Birding Planner tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 43,000+ MCP servers.