Search state legislators and officials by name, jurisdiction, chamber, district, or party. Supports name substring matching (case-insensitive). org_classification targets a specific chamber: "upper" for Senate, "lower" for House/Assembly, "legislature" for all legislators, "executive" for governo...
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AI agents call openstates_search_people to retrieve information from Openstates Mcp Server without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.
Even though openstates_search_people only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.
Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"openstates_search_people": {}
}
}See the full Openstates Mcp Server policy for all 10 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access openstates_search_people gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other read tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: allow, with a rate cap to control cost.
Search state legislators and officials by name, jurisdiction, chamber, district, or party. Supports name substring matching (case-insensitive). org_classification targets a specific chamber: "upper" for Senate, "lower" for House/Assembly, "legislature" for all legislators, "executive" for governors and executive officials. include=offices adds phone, fax, and address. include=links adds website and social links. Omitting jurisdiction searches across all states and may return a large result set.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Openstates Mcp Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Openstates Mcp Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for openstates_search_people: 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 Openstates Mcp Server. Nothing to install.
openstates_search_people 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 openstates_search_people 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 openstates_search_people. 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.
openstates_search_people is provided by the Openstates Mcp Server MCP server (@cyanheads/openstates-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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