bea_state_economic_profile
Build a compact official BEA annual economic profile for one state or the United States across all 15 hosted SASUMMARY indicators: GDP, income, consumer spending, per-capita measures, regional price levels, and jobs. Each value carries its own year and unit because source update calendars differ....
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What bea_state_economic_profile does on Livedatalink
AI agents invoke bea_state_economic_profile to trigger actions in Livedatalink. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
geography | string | Yes | State name, USPS abbreviation, 5-digit state-summary GeoFIPS, or United States/US. |
as_of_year | integer | — | Four-digit calendar year. Hosted source coverage is reported in every response. |
response_format | string | — | Human-readable markdown or machine-readable JSON. Default markdown. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why bea_state_economic_profile is rated High
bea_state_economic_profile triggers real processes with real consequences. An agent gone sideways doesn't fire it once. It starts dozens of builds, sends mass notifications, or burns through compute before anyone looks up.
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The rule that runs bea_state_economic_profile safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Livedatalink, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For bea_state_economic_profile, this is the rule to start with:
bea_state_economic_profile stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Livedatalink, apply this rule, and every bea_state_economic_profile call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about bea_state_economic_profile
Build a compact official BEA annual economic profile for one state or the United States across all 15 hosted SASUMMARY indicators: GDP, income, consumer spending, per-capita measures, regional price levels, and jobs. Each value carries its own year and unit because source update calendars differ. Use this for 'BEA profile for North Carolina', 'state GDP income jobs packet', or as the BEA leg of a regional market brief combined with Census, BLS, SBA, FDIC, or housing data. Aggregate estimates only; not a forecast or investment recommendation. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
bea_state_economic_profile accepts 3 parameters: geography, as_of_year, response_format. Required: geography. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Livedatalink MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for bea_state_economic_profile: 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 Livedatalink. Nothing to install.
bea_state_economic_profile is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the bea_state_economic_profile 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 bea_state_economic_profile. 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.
bea_state_economic_profile is provided by the Livedatalink MCP server (https://livedatalink.ai/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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