AI agents call sports.nba-games 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 is a straightforward data retrieval tool that queries and returns sports information. It has no capability to modify data, execute operations, or incur financial obligations. Even though the MCP server supports pay-per-call settlement, the tool itself only reads public sports data, making it a low-severity Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves NBA games data (schedule, scores, status, teams) with no modification or side-effects. Description uses purely read-oriented verbs: 'by season, date, or team — status, scores, home/visitor teams.'
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NBA games (schedule + scores) by season, date, or team — status, scores, home/visitor teams. 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 sports.nba-games: 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.
sports.nba-games 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 sports.nba-games 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 sports.nba-games. 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.
sports.nba-games 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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