treasury_debt
US total public debt outstanding (the 'Debt to the Penny' series from the US Treasury). Returns the most recent figure plus history, split into debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings. Keyless, official Treasury data.
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What treasury_debt does on Livedatalink
AI agents call treasury_debt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | number | — | Max rows to return. |
end_date | string | — | Latest record date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
start_date | string | — | Earliest record date (YYYY-MM-DD). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why treasury_debt is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves existing financial data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It provides factual economic indicators from a public government database. While the data concerns financial metrics, the tool itself does not move money, create obligations, or perform any actionable financial transactions.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves historical data on US public debt from official Treasury sources. Description indicates it 'Returns the most recent figure plus history' with no mention of modifications, deletions, or side effects.
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The rule that runs treasury_debt 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 treasury_debt, this is the rule to start with:
treasury_debt 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 treasury_debt call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about treasury_debt
US total public debt outstanding (the 'Debt to the Penny' series from the US Treasury). Returns the most recent figure plus history, split into debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings. Keyless, official Treasury data. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
treasury_debt accepts 3 parameters: limit, end_date, start_date. 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 treasury_debt: 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.
treasury_debt 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 treasury_debt 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 treasury_debt. 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.
treasury_debt 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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