espn_rankings
ESPN poll rankings. Returns poll rankings (e.g. AP Top 25) for a college league from ESPN's credential-free public JSON. Rankings are only published for college leagues: the sport enum accepts football and basketball, and the league enum accepts college-football, mens-college-basketball, and wome...
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What espn_rankings does on Crawlora
AI agents call espn_rankings 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 | College league key |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why espn_rankings is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves publicly available sports ranking data from ESPN. It performs a read-only operation with no side effects, no data modification, and no execution of arbitrary commands. The parameters are strictly constrained to specific sports and leagues, further limiting risk.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'Returns poll rankings' from ESPN's public JSON API. No modification, deletion, or execution of external code is involved—purely data retrieval.
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The rule that runs espn_rankings 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_rankings, this is the rule to start with:
espn_rankings 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_rankings call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about espn_rankings
ESPN poll rankings. Returns poll rankings (e.g. AP Top 25) for a college league from ESPN's credential-free public JSON. Rankings are only published for college leagues: the sport enum accepts football and basketball, and the league enum accepts college-football, mens-college-basketball, and womens-college-basketball. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
espn_rankings accepts 2 parameters: sport, league. Required: 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_rankings: 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_rankings 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_rankings 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_rankings. 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_rankings 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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