# steam_charts_top_releases

Get Steam's monthly best-new-releases index. Returns Steam's monthly top-releases index: one page per month, each listing that month's top-released app ids (with the month label and start date). The app-id lists are large and not name-enriched; resolve names via /steam/items. Credential-free public Steam WebAPI JSON.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `steam_charts_top_releases`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/crawlora-mcp/steam-charts-top-releases

## Facts

- Tool: `steam_charts_top_releases`
- Server: Crawlora (`crawlora-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/crawlora-mcp.md
- Install: `npx -y crawlora-mcp`
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/crawlora-mcp
- Risk category: Execute (High risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "steam_charts_top_releases",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why steam_charts_top_releases is rated High

steam_charts_top_releases triggers real processes with real consequences. An agent gone sideways doesn't fire it once. It starts dozens of builds, sends mass notifications, or burns through compute before anyone looks up.

## Use case

AI agents invoke steam_charts_top_releases to trigger actions in Crawlora. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Crawlora:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "steam_charts_top_releases": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "steam_charts_top_releases_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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## For agents

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- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
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- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=crawlora-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/crawlora-mcp
