# disease-sh-historical-country

Get historical COVID-19 data for a single country.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `disease-sh-historical-country`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-derekslinz-meta-data-mcp/disease-sh-historical-country

## Facts

- Tool: `disease-sh-historical-country`
- Server: Meta Data Mcp (`pypi:meta-data-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-derekslinz-meta-data-mcp.md
- Install: `npx -y pypi:meta-data-mcp`
- Homepage: https://github.com/derekslinz/meta-data-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "disease-sh-historical-country",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why disease-sh-historical-country is rated Low

This tool retrieves historical COVID-19 epidemiological data from a public health API. It performs a straightforward data lookup without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or initiating financial transactions. The only risk is potential misuse of aggregated public health information, which is minimal given the data is already publicly available and historical in nature.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'disease-sh-historical-country' and description 'Get historical COVID-19 data for a single country' indicate a retrieval operation."

## Use case

AI agents call disease-sh-historical-country to retrieve information from Meta Data Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Meta Data Mcp:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "disease-sh-historical-country": {}
  }
}
```

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## For agents

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- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
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