restcountries-list-all
List all countries with their reference metadata.
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What restcountries-list-all does on Meta Data Mcp
AI agents call restcountries-list-all 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.
Why restcountries-list-all is rated Low
This tool queries a public API to retrieve and list country reference data. It is a read-only operation that retrieves existing data without side effects, no code execution, no financial transactions, and no data modification or deletion. The low severity reflects minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent, as it only exposes publicly available metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'restcountries-list-all' and description 'List all countries with their reference metadata' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capability.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs restcountries-list-all safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Meta Data Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For restcountries-list-all, this is the rule to start with:
restcountries-list-all 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 Meta Data Mcp, apply this rule, and every restcountries-list-all call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about restcountries-list-all
List all countries with their reference metadata. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Meta Data Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Meta Data MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for restcountries-list-all: 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 Meta Data Mcp. Nothing to install.
restcountries-list-all 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 restcountries-list-all 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 restcountries-list-all. 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.
restcountries-list-all is provided by the Meta Data MCP server (pypi:meta-data-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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