world-bank-get-country
Get details for a single country by ISO2 or ISO3 code.
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What world-bank-get-country does on Meta Data Mcp
AI agents call world-bank-get-country 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 world-bank-get-country is rated Low
This tool queries country metadata from the World Bank API by country code and returns information. It performs no write, execute, destructive, or financial operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—returning country data poses no risk to systems or data integrity.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Get details for a single country' — pure data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
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The rule that runs world-bank-get-country 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 world-bank-get-country, this is the rule to start with:
world-bank-get-country 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 world-bank-get-country call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about world-bank-get-country
Get details for a single country by ISO2 or ISO3 code. 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 world-bank-get-country: 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.
world-bank-get-country 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 world-bank-get-country 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 world-bank-get-country. 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.
world-bank-get-country 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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