wikidata-search-entities
Free-text search for Wikidata item entities (Q-ids).
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What wikidata-search-entities does on Meta Data Mcp
AI agents call wikidata-search-entities 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 wikidata-search-entities is rated Low
This tool queries Wikidata, a publicly accessible, open knowledge base, and returns matching entities. It retrieves information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. The search operation is non-destructive and has no financial implications. It is a straightforward Read operation with minimal blast radius—worst case misuse would return unwanted search results with no lasting impact.
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'Free-text search' for Wikidata entities. The verb 'search' combined with read-only access to a public knowledge base (Wikidata) with no modification capability indicates data retrieval with no side effects.
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The rule that runs wikidata-search-entities 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 wikidata-search-entities, this is the rule to start with:
wikidata-search-entities 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 wikidata-search-entities call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about wikidata-search-entities
Free-text search for Wikidata item entities (Q-ids). 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 wikidata-search-entities: 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.
wikidata-search-entities 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 wikidata-search-entities 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 wikidata-search-entities. 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.
wikidata-search-entities 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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