# gov.fec-candidate

Search US federal political candidates via OpenFEC. Filter by q (name), candidate ID, state/district, party, office (P/S/H), cycle, electionYear, hasRaised. Returns FEC candidate ID linkable to /api/gov/fec-committee.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `gov.fec-candidate`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/gov.fec-candidate

## Facts

- Tool: `gov.fec-candidate`
- Server: Mcp (`@2sio/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp.md
- Install: `npx -y @2sio/mcp`
- Homepage: https://github.com/2s-io/sdk
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, 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": "gov.fec-candidate",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why gov.fec-candidate is rated Low

This tool retrieves publicly available Federal Election Commission candidate information via search and filtering. It returns data (candidate IDs) without creating, modifying, deleting, or moving money. The operation is read-only with no side effects on any system state. The severity is low because misuse would only expose already-public political candidate information.

From the tool's own definition: "The tool 'Search US federal political candidates via OpenFEC' with parameters like q (name), candidate ID, state/district, party, office, cycle, electionYear, hasRaised describes a query operation that 'Returns FEC candidate ID' for linking to other data."

## Use case

AI agents call gov.fec-candidate 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": {
    "gov.fec-candidate": {}
  }
}
```

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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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