metaculus_category_questions
Metaculus category questions. Returns normalized Metaculus question rows from a credential-free public category feed page. Allowed category slugs: artificial-intelligence, computing-and-math, cryptocurrencies, economy-business, elections, environment-climate, geopolitics, health-pandemics, law, m...
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What metaculus_category_questions does on Crawlora
AI agents call metaculus_category_questions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
slug | string | Yes | Metaculus category slug |
limit | integer | — | Rows to return, default 10, max 25 |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why metaculus_category_questions is rated Low
Even though metaculus_category_questions 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 metaculus_category_questions 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 metaculus_category_questions, this is the rule to start with:
metaculus_category_questions 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 metaculus_category_questions call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about metaculus_category_questions
Metaculus category questions. Returns normalized Metaculus question rows from a credential-free public category feed page. Allowed category slugs: artificial-intelligence, computing-and-math, cryptocurrencies, economy-business, elections, environment-climate, geopolitics, health-pandemics, law, metaculus, natural-sciences, nuclear, politics, social-sciences, space, sports-entertainment, technology. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
metaculus_category_questions accepts 2 parameters: slug, limit. Required: slug. 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 metaculus_category_questions: 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.
metaculus_category_questions 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 metaculus_category_questions 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 metaculus_category_questions. 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.
metaculus_category_questions 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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