board_feet
Board Feet Calculator — Board-feet per piece and total, weight and lumber cost from dimensions and quantity.
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What board_feet does on Gateway
AI agents call board_feet to retrieve information from Gateway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
species | string | — | Wood species (for weight) |
quantity | integer | — | Number of boards (default 1) |
width_in | number | Yes | Width in inches |
length_ft | number | Yes | Length in feet |
target_bf | number | — | Optional: solve quantity for a target board-feet |
price_per_bf | number | — | Price per board-foot in USD |
thickness_in | number | Yes | Thickness in inches |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why board_feet is rated Low
This is a pure computational utility that takes dimensional inputs and returns calculated values (board feet per piece, total, weight, cost). It has no side effects, does not modify data, does not execute external commands, and does not commit financial transactions—it merely provides informational calculation output.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate a calculator that computes board feet, weight, and lumber cost from input dimensions and quantity. It performs calculations and returns results without modifying any state or triggering external operations.
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The rule that runs board_feet safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Gateway, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For board_feet, this is the rule to start with:
board_feet 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 Gateway, apply this rule, and every board_feet call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about board_feet
Board Feet Calculator — Board-feet per piece and total, weight and lumber cost from dimensions and quantity. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gateway MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
board_feet accepts 7 parameters: species, quantity, width_in, length_ft, target_bf, price_per_bf, thickness_in. Required: width_in, length_ft, thickness_in. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Gateway MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for board_feet: 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 Gateway. Nothing to install.
board_feet 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 board_feet 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 board_feet. 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.
board_feet is provided by the Gateway MCP server (https://wingmanprotocol.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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