slow-weather
Pretend-slow weather lookup — both synchronous and task-augmented callable.
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What slow-weather does on Frontmcp
AI agents call slow-weather to retrieve information from Frontmcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why slow-weather is rated Low
This is a read-only operation that queries and returns weather information with simulated delay. It has no side effects—no data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The blast radius of misuse is negligible; an AI agent calling this repeatedly would waste compute resources but cause no meaningful harm. Severity is low because it is a benign mock tool for demonstration or testing purposes.
From the tool's definition Tool is described as a 'weather lookup', which retrieves data. The prefix 'Pretend-slow' indicates it is a mock/test tool that simulates latency. No language in the description suggests data modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations.
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The rule that runs slow-weather safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Frontmcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For slow-weather, this is the rule to start with:
slow-weather 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 Frontmcp, apply this rule, and every slow-weather call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about slow-weather
Pretend-slow weather lookup — both synchronous and task-augmented callable. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Frontmcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Front MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for slow-weather: 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 Frontmcp. Nothing to install.
slow-weather 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 slow-weather 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 slow-weather. 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.
slow-weather is provided by the Front MCP server (agentfront/frontmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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