census_commute_employment

Labor force, unemployment, commute times, public transit usage, work-from-home rates for a US geography. Used for site selection, workforce analysis, commercial real estate.

SERVERLivedatalink SOURCEhttps://livedatalink.ai/mcp

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 81 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

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This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-blackboxfoundry-livedatalink/census-commute-employment.md

WHAT IT DOES

What census_commute_employment does on Livedatalink

AI agents call census_commute_employment to retrieve information from Livedatalink without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`msa`	string	—	5-digit Metropolitan Statistical Area code. Required for msa level.
`year`	number	—	ACS 5-year endpoint year (default 2023).
`zcta`	string	—	5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area. Required for zcta level.
`level`	string	Yes	Geography level: 'us', 'state', 'county', 'zcta' (ZIP), 'place' (city), 'tract', 'msa'.
`place`	string	—	Census place FIPS (city). Required for place level.
`state`	string	—	2-letter state code (e.g. 'TX') or 2-digit FIPS. Required for state/county/place/tract levels.
`tract`	string	—	6-digit census tract code. Use '*' for all tracts in a county.
`county`	string	—	3-digit county FIPS. Use '*' for all counties in a state. Required for county/tract levels.

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

RISK

Why census_commute_employment is rated Low

This tool queries and returns demographic and labor data from census sources for informational purposes only. It has no capability to modify, delete, or execute actions. The use cases (workforce analysis, commercial real estate assessment) are purely analytical. No financial transactions, code execution, or data modification occurs.

From the tool's definition Tool retrieves labor statistics (labor force, unemployment, commute times, public transit usage, work-from-home rates) for analysis purposes. Terms like 'retrieves', 'analysis', and 'site selection' indicate data querying with no modifications or side effects.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs census_commute_employment 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 census_commute_employment, this is the rule to start with:

census_commute_employment Allowed

census_commute_employment is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "census_commute_employment": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Livedatalink, apply this rule, and every census_commute_employment call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about census_commute_employment

What does the census_commute_employment tool do? +

Labor force, unemployment, commute times, public transit usage, work-from-home rates for a US geography. Used for site selection, workforce analysis, commercial real estate. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does census_commute_employment accept? +

census_commute_employment accepts 8 parameters: msa, year, zcta, level, place, state, tract, county. Required: level. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on census_commute_employment? +

Register the Livedatalink MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for census_commute_employment: 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.

What risk level is census_commute_employment? +

census_commute_employment is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit census_commute_employment? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the census_commute_employment 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.

How do I block census_commute_employment completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for census_commute_employment. 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.

What MCP server provides census_commute_employment? +

census_commute_employment 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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