interests_categories
Get categories of interests that MPs and Lords must declare in the Register of Interests. Use when you need to understand what types of financial or other interests parliamentarians must declare.
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What interests_categories does on UK Parliament MCP Server
AI agents call interests_categories to retrieve information from UK Parliament MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why interests_categories is rated Low
This tool retrieves static reference data about declaration categories from the Register of Interests. It does not create, modify, delete, execute operations, or commit financial obligations. It is a straightforward data query with no capability to alter any records or trigger actions. Severity is low because misuse causes no harm - an AI could only retrieve informational data.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves categories of interests that MPs and Lords must declare - this is a lookup/query operation that 'get[s]' data with no side effects. The description explicitly states 'use when you need to understand' categories, indicating data retrieval only.
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The rule that runs interests_categories safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and UK Parliament MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For interests_categories, this is the rule to start with:
interests_categories is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect UK Parliament MCP Server, apply this rule, and every interests_categories call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about interests_categories
Get categories of interests that MPs and Lords must declare in the Register of Interests. Use when you need to understand what types of financial or other interests parliamentarians must declare. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UK Parliament MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the UK Parliament MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for interests_categories: 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 UK Parliament MCP Server. Nothing to install.
interests_categories 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 interests_categories 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 interests_categories. 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.
interests_categories is provided by the UK Parliament MCP Server MCP server (chrisbrooksbank/uk-parliament-mcp-lab). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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