us-datagov-get-dataset

What us-datagov-get-dataset does on Meta Data Mcp

AI agents call us-datagov-get-dataset 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 us-datagov-get-dataset is rated Low

This tool queries and retrieves publicly available open data metadata from a government data portal. It performs a read-only operation with no side effects, no ability to modify data, execute commands, or affect external systems. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an agent could only exfiltrate metadata about available datasets, which is already publicly accessible.

From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Fetch detailed metadata for a specific US Data.gov dataset' — retrieval of information with no modification, deletion, or execution capability.

The rule that runs us-datagov-get-dataset 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 us-datagov-get-dataset, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "us-datagov-get-dataset": {}
  }
}

Questions about us-datagov-get-dataset