This record as markdown: /tools/creativelead-unclick/country-by-code.md
What country_by_code does on UnClick
AI agents call country_by_code 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
code | string | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why country_by_code is rated Low
This tool queries static country information by code and returns data without side effects. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The operation is read-only and the blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve irrelevant or redundant country data, causing no harm.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get a country by code' — a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capability. REST Countries is a public data API.
Risk signalsAccepts freeform code/query input (code)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs country_by_code 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 country_by_code, this is the rule to start with:
country_by_code 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 country_by_code call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about country_by_code
Get a country by code from REST Countries. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UnClick MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
country_by_code accepts 1 parameter: code. 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 country_by_code: 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.
country_by_code 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 country_by_code 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 country_by_code. 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.
country_by_code 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.
More on UnClick, and thousands of servers like it.
This server
Across the catalogue