gov.representatives
Your sitting US Congress members for a location. Pass a US address (geocoded to its state + congressional district) or an explicit state (2-letter) + optional district. Returns the current US House representative + the state
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What gov.representatives does on Mcp
AI agents call gov.representatives 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.
Why gov.representatives is rated Low
This is a straightforward data retrieval operation querying publicly available information about US government representatives. It has no side effects, does not modify data, does not execute code or trigger external operations, and does not involve financial transactions. It is clearly a Read category tool with low severity since misuse poses no risk to systems or data.
From the tool's definition Tool returns current US Congress members data for a given location—'Your sitting US Congress members for a location' and 'Returns the current US House representative + the state'. No modification, deletion, or execution of external systems.
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The rule that runs gov.representatives safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For gov.representatives, this is the rule to start with:
gov.representatives 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 Mcp, apply this rule, and every gov.representatives call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about gov.representatives
Your sitting US Congress members for a location. Pass a US address (geocoded to its state + congressional district) or an explicit state (2-letter) + optional district. Returns the current US House representative + the state. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gov.representatives: 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 Mcp. Nothing to install.
gov.representatives 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 gov.representatives 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 gov.representatives. 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.
gov.representatives is provided by the MCP server (@2sio/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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