usgs-eq-feed-significant-week
GeoJSON feed of significant earthquakes in the past week.
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What usgs-eq-feed-significant-week does on Meta Data Mcp
AI agents call usgs-eq-feed-significant-week 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 usgs-eq-feed-significant-week is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries data from an open government data API (USGS) without side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute operations. Classification as Read is appropriate for a data retrieval endpoint. Severity is low because misuse would only result in information retrieval with no risk of data corruption, financial loss, or system compromise.
From the tool's definition Tool queries a GeoJSON feed of earthquake data from USGS. Described as retrieval of publicly available earthquake information (past week) with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities. The verb 'feed' indicates data retrieval.
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The rule that runs usgs-eq-feed-significant-week 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 usgs-eq-feed-significant-week, this is the rule to start with:
usgs-eq-feed-significant-week 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 usgs-eq-feed-significant-week call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about usgs-eq-feed-significant-week
GeoJSON feed of significant earthquakes in the past week. 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 usgs-eq-feed-significant-week: 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.
usgs-eq-feed-significant-week 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 usgs-eq-feed-significant-week 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 usgs-eq-feed-significant-week. 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.
usgs-eq-feed-significant-week 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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