espn_athlete
ESPN athlete. Returns one athlete's bio/overview (name, position, jersey, physicals, current team) from ESPN's credential-free public JSON. The sport enum accepts football, basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer. The league enum accepts nfl, college-football, nba, wnba, mens-college-basketball,...
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What espn_athlete does on Crawlora
AI agents call espn_athlete to retrieve information from Crawlora 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
sport | string | Yes | Sport key |
league | string | Yes | League key (must be valid for the sport) |
athlete | string | Yes | Numeric ESPN athlete (player) id |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why espn_athlete is rated Low
Even though espn_athlete only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs espn_athlete safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Crawlora, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For espn_athlete, this is the rule to start with:
espn_athlete 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 Crawlora, apply this rule, and every espn_athlete call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about espn_athlete
ESPN athlete. Returns one athlete's bio/overview (name, position, jersey, physicals, current team) from ESPN's credential-free public JSON. The sport enum accepts football, basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer. The league enum accepts nfl, college-football, nba, wnba, mens-college-basketball, womens-college-basketball, mlb, nhl, eng.1, esp.1, ita.1, ger.1, fra.1, usa.1, and uefa.champions; it must be valid for the chosen sport. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
espn_athlete accepts 3 parameters: sport, league, athlete. Required: sport, league, athlete. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Crawlora MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for espn_athlete: 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 Crawlora. Nothing to install.
espn_athlete 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 espn_athlete 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 espn_athlete. 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.
espn_athlete is provided by the Crawlora MCP server (crawlora-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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