# wnba_get_standings

Get WNBA team standings by season or conference

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `wnba_get_standings`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-balldontlie-mcp/wnba-get-standings

## Facts

- Tool: `wnba_get_standings`
- Server: Mcp (`https://mcp.balldontlie.io/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-balldontlie-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/balldontlie-api/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade A, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

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

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

## Why wnba_get_standings is rated Low

This tool queries and retrieves sports standings data—a read-only operation with no side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal, as an AI agent cannot cause harm by retrieving publicly available sports standings information.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'wnba_get_standings' and description 'Get WNBA team standings by season or conference' indicate pure data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution capability."

## Use case

AI agents call wnba_get_standings to retrieve information from Mcp 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 Mcp:

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

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