Recreation Information Database (RIDB / Recreation.gov) — federal lands across NPS, USFS, BLM, USACE, BOR, FWS, NARA. resource = recareas | facilities | campsites | permits | tours | events | activities. Filter by query, state, activity ID, lat/lon + radius.
AI agents call recreation.search to retrieve information from Mcp without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries public recreation information from RIDB/Recreation.gov and federal land databases. It performs read-only lookups with various filtering options. There are no side effects, data modifications, code execution, destructive operations, or financial transactions. The worst-case misuse scenario (e.g., excessive queries) poses only low blast radius concerns typical of informational APIs.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it provides 'Recreation Information Database' queries with filters by query, state, activity ID, lat/lon + radius across federal lands resources (recareas, facilities, campsites, permits, tours, events, activities).
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Recreation Information Database (RIDB / Recreation.gov) — federal lands across NPS, USFS, BLM, USACE, BOR, FWS, NARA. resource = recareas | facilities | campsites | permits | tours | events | activities. Filter by query, state, activity ID, lat/lon + radius. 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 recreation.search: 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.
recreation.search 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 recreation.search 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 recreation.search. 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.
recreation.search 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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