# adw.adw_018

Which US counties show the strongest demographic profile (income, housing affordability, rent burden, market size) for a new retail location, and is the national population currently concentrated in high- or low-affinity counties?

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `adw.adw_018`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-alpinedataworks-adw-intelligence-server/adw.adw-018

## Facts

- Tool: `adw.adw_018`
- Server: AlpineDataWorks Intelligence Server (`https://api.alpinedataworks.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-alpinedataworks-adw-intelligence-server.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://api.alpinedataworks.com/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `days` | integer | no | Optional: return a daily HISTORY series of the last N days (up to 5 years of real archived data) instead of the current snapshot. History requires Gold tier; wi |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "adw.adw_018",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why adw.adw_018 is rated Low

This tool performs data retrieval and analysis only—it queries demographic indices to identify counties matching specific criteria and assess population concentration patterns. No data is created, modified, deleted, or financial transactions are executed. The tool has no side effects beyond returning analytical results. It is clearly a Read category tool that supports decision-making through data retrieval.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description uses query language: 'Which US counties show...' and 'is the national population...'. The tool retrieves and analyzes demographic data (income, housing affordability, rent burden, market size) to answer analytical questions about county…"

## Use case

AI agents call adw.adw_018 to retrieve information from AlpineDataWorks Intelligence Server 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 AlpineDataWorks Intelligence Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "adw.adw_018": {}
  }
}
```

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## For agents

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- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
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