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What bandsintown_artist does on UnClick
AI agents call bandsintown_artist to retrieve information from UnClick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
app_id | string | — | |
artist | string | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why bandsintown_artist is rated Low
This tool retrieves publicly available artist profile information from the Bandsintown service. It is a read-only operation with no side effects, no data modification, and no capability to execute code or trigger external actions. The low severity reflects that misuse would only result in unauthorized data access to what is typically public entertainment information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'bandsintown_artist' and description 'Get an artist profile from Bandsintown' indicate a retrieval operation that queries and returns artist profile data without any modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
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The rule that runs bandsintown_artist safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and UnClick, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For bandsintown_artist, this is the rule to start with:
bandsintown_artist 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 UnClick, apply this rule, and every bandsintown_artist call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about bandsintown_artist
Get an artist profile from Bandsintown. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UnClick MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
bandsintown_artist accepts 2 parameters: app_id, artist. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the UnClick MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for bandsintown_artist: 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 UnClick. Nothing to install.
bandsintown_artist 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 bandsintown_artist 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 bandsintown_artist. 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.
bandsintown_artist is provided by the UnClick MCP server (creativelead/unclick). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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