get_market_intel
Use when a user asks about ONE data-center market — vacancy, capacity pricing, supply pipeline, dominant operators, YoY growth — across any of 300+ markets. Example: "What is Northern Virginia's vacancy rate, $/MW-day pricing, and current DCPI verdict?" — get_market_intel market=northern-virginia...
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What get_market_intel does on Mcp Server
AI agents call get_market_intel to retrieve information from Mcp Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
market | string | — | Market slug (metro), e.g. northern-virginia, dallas, frankfurt, singapore — valid slugs come from rank_markets / get_market_dcpi_rank |
metric | string | — | Optional single metric to focus on, e.g. vacancy, pricing, absorption, pipeline |
period | string | — | Optional time window for the metric, e.g. ttm, 12mo, ytd |
mpp_pay | boolean | — | Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 1: set true to receive a signed $0.50 payment challenge for this call instead of the free preview. No money moves — a chal |
compare_to | string | — | Optional second market slug to compare against, e.g. dallas |
mpp_credential | string | — | Autonomous payment (Stripe MPP), step 2: the Shared Payment Token you minted for challenges[0]. Set it here to pay $0.50 for this single call and receive the fu |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why get_market_intel is rated Low
Retrieves data-center market intelligence without modifying, deleting, or executing external operations.
From the tool's definition queries market data, vacancy, pricing, supply pipeline across 300+ markets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs get_market_intel safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_market_intel, this is the rule to start with:
get_market_intel 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 Mcp Server, apply this rule, and every get_market_intel call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_market_intel
Use when a user asks about ONE data-center market — vacancy, capacity pricing, supply pipeline, dominant operators, YoY growth — across any of 300+ markets. Example: "What is Northern Virginia's vacancy rate, $/MW-day pricing, and current DCPI verdict?" — get_market_intel market=northern-virginia. Params: market is the market_slug (e.g. "northern-virginia", "dallas", "phoenix", "frankfurt", "tokyo", "singapore"). Returns: {market, country, capacity_mw_total, capacity_mw_under_construction, vacancy_pct, absorption_mw_ttm, price_per_mw_day_usd, yoy_growth_pct, dominant_operators[], dcpi_verdict (BUILD/CAUTION/AVOID), composite_score, last_updated}. Do NOT use to rank multiple markets (use rank_markets) or for a single facility (use get_facility). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
get_market_intel accepts 6 parameters: market, metric, period, mpp_pay, compare_to, mpp_credential. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Mcp Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_market_intel: 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 Mcp Server. Nothing to install.
get_market_intel 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_market_intel 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_market_intel. 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_market_intel is provided by the Mcp Server MCP server (https://dchub.cloud/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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