Look up Materialien for a Swiss federal law article: Botschaft (legislative intent, key arguments, design choices, rejected alternatives) + parliamentary modifications. COVERAGE TODAY: per-article digests for BV (128 articles) and BGFA (39 articles) only; for every other law the response includes...
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Part of the Swiss Case Law server.
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AI agents call get_materialien to retrieve information from Swiss Case Law without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.
Even though get_materialien only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.
Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_materialien": {}
}
}See the full Swiss Case Law policy for all 39 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_materialien gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other read tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: allow, with a rate cap to control cost.
Look up Materialien for a Swiss federal law article: Botschaft (legislative intent, key arguments, design choices, rejected alternatives) + parliamentary modifications. COVERAGE TODAY: per-article digests for BV (128 articles) and BGFA (39 articles) only; for every other law the response includes BBl/AS publication-locator refs (amendment_refs field) but sources=[]. Full per-article digested expansion to all federal laws is in active build — for now, treat empty sources as 'no digested Materialien yet' and surface the BBl reference to the user instead of claiming the law has no legislative history.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Swiss Case Law MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Swiss Case Law MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_materialien: 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 Swiss Case Law. Nothing to install.
get_materialien 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 get_materialien 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 get_materialien. 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.
get_materialien is provided by the Swiss Case Law MCP server (https://mcp.opencaselaw.ch). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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