espn_team
ESPN team detail. Returns one team's detail (identity, colors, record, standing summary) 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-co...
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What espn_team does on Crawlora
AI agents call espn_team 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
team | string | Yes | Team id (numeric) or abbreviation |
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_team is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries publicly available ESPN data with no side effects. It is a straightforward read operation that returns team identity, colors, record, and standing summary. The enumerated parameters (sport, league) constrain queries to valid ESPN endpoints. No write, execute, destructive, or financial capabilities are present.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'Returns one team's detail' from 'ESPN's credential-free public JSON' with parameters for sport and league. No mutation, deletion, or execution of external operations is described.
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The rule that runs espn_team 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_team, this is the rule to start with:
espn_team 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_team call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about espn_team
ESPN team detail. Returns one team's detail (identity, colors, record, standing summary) 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_team accepts 3 parameters: team, sport, league. Required: team, 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_team: 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_team 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_team 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_team. 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_team 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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