espn_game_summary
ESPN game summary. Returns one game's matchup, betting odds, and boxscore stat totals 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-colle...
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What espn_game_summary does on Crawlora
AI agents call espn_game_summary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
event | string | Yes | Numeric ESPN event (game) id |
sport | string | Yes | Sport key |
league | string | Yes | League key (must be valid for the sport) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why espn_game_summary is rated Low
This tool queries ESPN's public API to retrieve sports statistics and betting information. It has no capability to create, modify, delete, or execute code. It performs pure data retrieval from a public source with no side effects, making it a straightforward Read operation with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Returns game matchup, betting odds, and boxscore stats from ESPN's public JSON endpoint. Keywords: 'Returns', 'public JSON', 'credential-free' indicate data retrieval with no modifications or side effects.
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The rule that runs espn_game_summary 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_game_summary, this is the rule to start with:
espn_game_summary 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_game_summary call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about espn_game_summary
ESPN game summary. Returns one game's matchup, betting odds, and boxscore stat totals 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. Get an event id from the scoreboard endpoint. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
espn_game_summary accepts 3 parameters: event, sport, league. Required: event, sport, league. 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_game_summary: 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_game_summary 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_game_summary 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_game_summary. 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_game_summary 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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