# download_course_files

A read tool on the School MCP MCP server.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `download_course_files`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp/download-course-files

## Facts

- Tool: `download_course_files`
- Server: School MCP (`54yyyu/school-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/54yyyu/school-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade B, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "download_course_files",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why download_course_files is rated Low

Downloads course materials without modification, consistent with read operations in educational management context.

From the tool's own definition: "uninformative description; sibling tools show read-only data retrieval patterns"

## Use case

AI agents call download_course_files to retrieve information from School MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches School MCP:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "download_course_files": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on School MCP (8)

- `get_deadlines` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp/get-deadlines.md
- `get_download_path_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp/get-download-path-info.md
- `list_course_files` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp/list-course-files.md
- `list_courses` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp/list-courses.md
- `list_school_accounts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp/list-school-accounts.md
- `add_to_reminders` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp/add-to-reminders.md
- `set_download_path` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp/set-download-path.md
- `switch_school_account` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/54yyyu-school-mcp/switch-school-account.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=54yyyu-school-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/54yyyu-school-mcp