# openaq_air_quality

Get air quality data for a location from OpenAQ.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `openaq_air_quality`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/creativelead-unclick/openaq-air-quality

## Facts

- Tool: `openaq_air_quality`
- 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: 4
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `city` | string | no |  |
| `limit` | number | no |  |
| `country` | string | no |  |
| `parameter` | 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": "openaq_air_quality",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why openaq_air_quality is rated Low

This tool queries environmental air quality information from OpenAQ and returns data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. It is a straightforward read operation that retrieves publicly available sensor data. Low severity because misuse would only result in excessive queries or information gathering, with no blast radius for harm.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool performs 'Get air quality data for a location' which is a data retrieval operation with no side effects or modifications."

## Use case

AI agents call openaq_air_quality 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": {
    "openaq_air_quality": {}
  }
}
```

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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