uk-legislation-get-document-html
Fetch the HTML rendering of a specific UK piece of legislation.
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What uk-legislation-get-document-html does on Meta Data Mcp
AI agents call uk-legislation-get-document-html 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 uk-legislation-get-document-html is rated Low
The tool retrieves and returns publicly available legislative documents in HTML format. It performs no writes, deletions, code execution, or financial operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could only retrieve documents it is already authorized to access or that are publicly available. This is a classic Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-document-html' and description 'Fetch the HTML rendering' indicate data retrieval with no modification or side effects. This is a straightforward query against public UK legislation APIs.
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The rule that runs uk-legislation-get-document-html 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 uk-legislation-get-document-html, this is the rule to start with:
uk-legislation-get-document-html 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 uk-legislation-get-document-html call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about uk-legislation-get-document-html
Fetch the HTML rendering of a specific UK piece of legislation. 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 uk-legislation-get-document-html: 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.
uk-legislation-get-document-html 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 uk-legislation-get-document-html 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 uk-legislation-get-document-html. 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.
uk-legislation-get-document-html 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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