# federal_register

Search the U.S. Federal Register (federalregister.gov) for rules, proposed rules, notices, presidential documents and executive orders by keyword, agency (name, short name such as EPA, or slug), type, publication date range and significance. Returns document number, title, type, agencies, action, abstract, citation, effective and comment-close dates, EO number and signing date, docket ids, RINs and HTML/PDF links. Price: $0.01 USDC per successful call (x402, Solana). Same tool over HTTPS: GET https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/v1/federal-register

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `federal_register`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/federal-register

## Facts

- Tool: `federal_register`
- Server: ScorpTech x402 API (`https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://scorptech.it.com/api/x402/mcp
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 9
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `q` | string | no | Full-text search term. Alias: term |
| `to` | string | no | Published on/before YYYY-MM-DD |
| `from` | string | no | Published on/after YYYY-MM-DD |
| `page` | integer | no | Page 1-50 |
| `type` | string | no | Comma list: rule, proposed_rule, notice, presidential_document, executive_order |
| `limit` | integer | no | Documents per page 1-50 (default 10) |
| `order` | string | no | newest (default), oldest, relevance (default with q) |
| `agency` | string | no | Agency name, short name or slug (comma list up to 5) |
| `significant` | boolean | no | Only significant (EO 12866) documents |

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": "federal_register",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why federal_register is rated Medium

An AI agent can call federal_register faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in ScorpTech x402 API by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.

## Use case

AI agents use federal_register to create or update resources in ScorpTech x402 API, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your ScorpTech x402 API environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches ScorpTech x402 API:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "federal_register": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "federal_register_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on ScorpTech x402 API (1011)

- `collatz_drop` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/collatz-drop.md
- `dedupe_records` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/dedupe-records.md
- `evm_selector_decode` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/evm-selector-decode.md
- `frames_timecode` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/frames-timecode.md
- `ip_reputation` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/ip-reputation.md
- `led_resistor` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/led-resistor.md
- `ruler_odd` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/ruler-odd.md
- `sql_format` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/sql-format.md
- `timecode_diff` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/timecode-diff.md
- `timecode_duration` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/timecode-duration.md
- `timecode_frames` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/timecode-frames.md
- `abi_encode` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/abi-encode.md
- `apery_term` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/apery-term.md
- `ballot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/ballot.md
- `baum_sweet` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/baum-sweet.md
- `binom` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/binom.md
- `bit_subset` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/bit-subset.md
- `biunitary_sigma` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/biunitary-sigma.md
- `champernowne_start` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/champernowne-start.md
- `clinical_trials` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/clinical-trials.md
- `coin_min` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/coin-min.md
- `coin_ways` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/coin-ways.md
- `color_palette` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/color-palette.md
- `compound_interest` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/compound-interest.md
- `cron_explain` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/cron-explain.md
- `curl_to_code` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/curl-to-code.md
- `date_calc` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/date-calc.md
- `delannoy` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/delannoy.md
- `delannoy_sum` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/delannoy-sum.md
- `dmarc_report_parse` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402/dmarc-report-parse.md
- …and 981 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-it-scorptech-x402.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`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-it-scorptech-x402 · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-it-scorptech-x402