get_outages_by_location
Get outage counts aggregated by location. Useful for identifying which countries have the most Internet outages.
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What get_outages_by_location does on Cloudflare
AI agents call get_outages_by_location to retrieve information from Cloudflare without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_outages_by_location is rated Low
This tool performs a read-only operation that queries and aggregates outage data by geographic location. It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, and does not modify or delete any data. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius if misused—an agent could only retrieve publicly available or authorized outage statistics, which poses no destructive or operational risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_outages_by_location' and description 'Get outage counts aggregated by location' indicate a query/retrieval operation.
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The rule that runs get_outages_by_location safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cloudflare, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_outages_by_location, this is the rule to start with:
get_outages_by_location 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 Cloudflare, apply this rule, and every get_outages_by_location call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_outages_by_location
Get outage counts aggregated by location. Useful for identifying which countries have the most Internet outages. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cloudflare MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cloudflare MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_outages_by_location: 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 Cloudflare. Nothing to install.
get_outages_by_location 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_outages_by_location 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_outages_by_location. 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_outages_by_location is provided by the Cloudflare MCP server (https://builds.mcp.cloudflare.com/sse). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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