# nasa_epic

Get NASA EPIC Earth imagery.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `nasa_epic`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/nasa-epic

## Facts

- Tool: `nasa_epic`
- Server: UnClick (`creativelead/unclick`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/creativelead/unclick
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 2
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `date` | string | no |  |
| `api_key` | string | no |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

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

## Why nasa_epic is rated Low

This tool retrieves publicly available NASA Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) satellite imagery. It performs a read-only query to fetch and return image data, which is a standard data retrieval operation with no side effects. No data is modified, created, deleted, or executed. The low severity reflects that misuse would only result in excessive queries rather than any harmful outcome.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name is 'nasa_epic' with description 'Get NASA EPIC Earth imagery.' The verb 'Get' indicates retrieval of data with no modification, creation, deletion, or execution of arbitrary operations."

Risk signals: Handles credentials or secrets (api_key)

## Use case

AI agents call nasa_epic 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "nasa_epic": {}
  }
}
```

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## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- 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=creativelead-unclick · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/creativelead-unclick