espn_scoreboard
ESPN scoreboard. Returns games (scores, schedule, status, and odds when available) for a sport and league 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-bask...
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What espn_scoreboard does on Crawlora
AI agents call espn_scoreboard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
week | integer | — | Week number (football leagues) |
dates | string | — | Date or range as YYYYMMDD, YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD, or YYYY; defaults to the current scoreboard |
sport | string | Yes | Sport key |
league | string | Yes | League key (must be valid for the sport) |
seasontype | integer | — | Season type |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why espn_scoreboard is rated Low
This tool retrieves publicly available sports scoreboard data from ESPN without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a read-only query operation that poses minimal security risk even if misused by an AI agent, as the worst outcome would be fetching sports data with no financial, destructive, or operational consequences.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Returns games (scores, schedule, status, and odds when available)' from 'ESPN's credential-free public JSON' with enumerated parameters for sport, league, and season type.
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The rule that runs espn_scoreboard 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_scoreboard, this is the rule to start with:
espn_scoreboard 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_scoreboard call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about espn_scoreboard
ESPN scoreboard. Returns games (scores, schedule, status, and odds when available) for a sport and league 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. The seasontype enum accepts 1 (preseason), 2 (regular season), 3 (postseason), and 4 (offseason). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
espn_scoreboard accepts 5 parameters: week, dates, sport, league, seasontype. 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_scoreboard: 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_scoreboard 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_scoreboard 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_scoreboard. 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_scoreboard 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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