# resolve_effort

Answer "what is going on with policy X?" — resolve a bill nickname, acronym, or media name ("SAVE Act", "big beautiful bill") to the effort tracking that policy goal across every bill that has carried it, through reintroductions and new Congresses.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `resolve_effort`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/resolve-effort

## Facts

- Tool: `resolve_effort`
- Server: Govbase (`https://api.govbase.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/govbase-inc/govbase
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: yes
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | yes | A name for the effort: bill nickname, acronym, or media name (e.g. "SAVE Act", "big beautiful bill") |

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": "resolve_effort",
    "arguments": {
      "name": "<name>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why resolve_effort is rated Low

This tool retrieves and resolves policy information by mapping names/acronyms to tracked legislative efforts. It performs read-only lookups with no side effects, data modification, or external operations.

From the tool's own definition: "'resolve a bill nickname, acronym, or media name... to the effort tracking that policy goal across every bill that has carried it' — pure lookup/resolution of existing policy data"

Risk signals: Bulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

## Use case

AI agents call resolve_effort to retrieve information from Govbase 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 Govbase:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "resolve_effort": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Govbase (11)

- `get_effort` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/get-effort.md
- `get_member` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/get-member.md
- `get_member_vote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/get-member-vote.md
- `get_policy` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/get-policy.md
- `get_policy_text` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/get-policy-text.md
- `get_representatives` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/get-representatives.md
- `get_stories` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/get-stories.md
- `get_story` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/get-story.md
- `get_voter_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/get-voter-info.md
- `search_members` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/search-members.md
- `search_policies` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-govbase-govbase/search-policies.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

---

Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-govbase-govbase · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-govbase-govbase