eia_gasoline_prices
Weekly US retail gasoline prices from EIA. Filter by region (PADD1-PADD5 or national) and grade (regular, midgrade, premium, diesel, all). Useful for fuel-cost analysis, transportation logistics, and consumer price tracking.
This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-blackboxfoundry-livedatalink/eia-gasoline-prices.md
What eia_gasoline_prices does on Livedatalink
AI agents call eia_gasoline_prices 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
end | string | — | Inclusive upper-bound period (ISO date or YYYY-MM). |
grade | string | — | Fuel grade: 'all', 'regular', 'midgrade', 'premium', 'diesel'. Default 'all'. |
limit | number | — | Maximum rows to return (default 50, max 5000). |
start | string | — | Inclusive lower-bound period (ISO date or YYYY-MM depending on series cadence). |
region | string | — | PADD region code or 'national'. Examples: 'national', 'PADD1', 'PADD3'. Default 'national'. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why eia_gasoline_prices is rated Low
This is a straightforward data query tool that fetches historical gasoline price information. It has no side effects, cannot modify state, and poses minimal risk if misused by an AI agent—at worst, an agent could request irrelevant price data or make poor decisions based on the retrieved data, but the tool itself performs only read operations.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'weekly US retail gasoline prices' with filtering options; no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities mentioned. Pure data retrieval from US Energy Information Administration.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs eia_gasoline_prices 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 eia_gasoline_prices, this is the rule to start with:
eia_gasoline_prices 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 Livedatalink, apply this rule, and every eia_gasoline_prices call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about eia_gasoline_prices
Weekly US retail gasoline prices from EIA. Filter by region (PADD1-PADD5 or national) and grade (regular, midgrade, premium, diesel, all). Useful for fuel-cost analysis, transportation logistics, and consumer price tracking. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
eia_gasoline_prices accepts 5 parameters: end, grade, limit, start, region. 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 eia_gasoline_prices: 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.
eia_gasoline_prices 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 eia_gasoline_prices 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 eia_gasoline_prices. 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.
eia_gasoline_prices 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.
More on Livedatalink, and thousands of servers like it.
This server
Across the catalogue