world-bank-list-sources
List the data sources powering World Bank indicators.
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What world-bank-list-sources does on Meta Data Mcp
AI agents call world-bank-list-sources 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-list-sources is rated Low
This tool retrieves and lists information about World Bank data sources—a read-only operation with no side effects. It queries open data APIs to enumerate available sources. There is no creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial impact. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an agent listing data sources cannot harm systems or data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'world-bank-list-sources' and description 'List the data sources powering World Bank indicators' indicate a query/retrieval operation that returns metadata about data sources.
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The rule that runs world-bank-list-sources 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-list-sources, this is the rule to start with:
world-bank-list-sources 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-list-sources call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about world-bank-list-sources
List the data sources powering World Bank indicators. 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-list-sources: 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-list-sources 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-list-sources 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-list-sources. 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-list-sources 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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