validate_pan
Validates the format and structure of a Permanent Account Number (PAN), and extracts the legal entity/holder type (e.g., Individual, Company, Firm, Trust).
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What validate_pan does on India Business
AI agents call validate_pan to retrieve information from India Business 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
pan | string | Yes | The 10-character PAN card number (e.g., 'ABCDE1234F') |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why validate_pan is rated Low
This tool performs a read-only validation and parsing operation on a PAN identifier. It retrieves structural information without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. The operations are: (1) format validation, and (2) entity type extraction. Both are informational queries with no persistent side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool 'validates the format and structure' and 'extracts' information from a PAN number. No modifications, deletions, or side effects are performed—only validation and data extraction occur.
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The rule that runs validate_pan safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and India Business, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For validate_pan, this is the rule to start with:
validate_pan 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 India Business, apply this rule, and every validate_pan call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about validate_pan
Validates the format and structure of a Permanent Account Number (PAN), and extracts the legal entity/holder type (e.g., Individual, Company, Firm, Trust). It is categorised as a Read tool in the India Business MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
validate_pan accepts 1 parameter: pan. Required: pan. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the India Business MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for validate_pan: 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 India Business. Nothing to install.
validate_pan 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 validate_pan 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 validate_pan. 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.
validate_pan is provided by the India Business MCP server (@denispaul/india-business-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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