get_suspension_watch
Footdigest: who is suspended for their next match and who is one booking away from a ban in a competition, per the competition's fair-play rules. Give the competition slug.
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What get_suspension_watch does on Footdigest
AI agents call get_suspension_watch to retrieve information from Footdigest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
competition | string | Yes | Competition slug, e.g. world-cup-2026. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why get_suspension_watch is rated Low
This tool queries and returns disciplinary information (suspensions, booking status) from a football competition's fair-play rules. It performs a read-only lookup operation with no side effects, data modification, code execution, or financial implications. The blast radius is minimal—incorrect information about suspensions is informational only and does not trigger actions in external systems.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_suspension_watch' and description 'who is suspended for their next match and who is one booking away from a ban' indicates retrieval of suspension/disciplinary status data with no modification or execution.
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The rule that runs get_suspension_watch safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Footdigest, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_suspension_watch, this is the rule to start with:
get_suspension_watch 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 Footdigest, apply this rule, and every get_suspension_watch call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_suspension_watch
Footdigest: who is suspended for their next match and who is one booking away from a ban in a competition, per the competition's fair-play rules. Give the competition slug. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Footdigest MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
get_suspension_watch accepts 1 parameter: competition. Required: competition. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Footdigest MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_suspension_watch: 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 Footdigest. Nothing to install.
get_suspension_watch 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_suspension_watch 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_suspension_watch. 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_suspension_watch is provided by the Footdigest MCP server (https://footdigest.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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