arbitration_awards_lookup
Commercial arbitration intelligence for litigation lawyers, M&A due diligence teams, sovereign wealth funds and trade finance compliance. Covers 8 major institutions: ICC, AAA, LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, DIAC, ICDR. Three modes: • party_lookup — find awards by party name (searches 20 landmark pub...
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What arbitration_awards_lookup does on Gapup Mcp
AI agents call arbitration_awards_lookup to retrieve information from Gapup Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
mode | string | Yes | party_lookup: search by party name or keyword. institution_index: browse awards by institution + stats. clause_check: audit an arbitration clause for issues. |
async | boolean | — | If true, returns a job_id immediately (<200ms) instead of waiting for the result. Poll the result with job_result(job_id). Use for slow tools to avoid client ti |
query | string | Yes | For party_lookup: party name or keyword (e.g. "Yukos", "Russia"). For institution_index: institution name or keyword. For clause_check: full text of the arbitra |
date_to | string | — | ISO date filter to (YYYY-MM-DD). Applied to award_date. |
date_from | string | — | ISO date filter from (YYYY-MM-DD). Applied to award_date. |
institution | string | — | Filter by institution. Default 'all'. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why arbitration_awards_lookup is rated Low
The tool retrieves and queries commercial arbitration intelligence and award data from major institutions. The three modes exclusively support searching, browsing, and reviewing existing data—no creation, modification, deletion, or execution of external operations. Even the 'clause_check' function is passive auditing/analysis.
From the tool's definition Tool provides three read-only modes: 'party_lookup' (find awards by party name), 'institution_index' (browse awards and stats), and 'clause_check' (audit/review arbitration clauses).
Risk signalsAccepts freeform code/query input (query)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs arbitration_awards_lookup safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Gapup Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For arbitration_awards_lookup, this is the rule to start with:
arbitration_awards_lookup 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 Gapup Mcp, apply this rule, and every arbitration_awards_lookup call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about arbitration_awards_lookup
Commercial arbitration intelligence for litigation lawyers, M&A due diligence teams, sovereign wealth funds and trade finance compliance. Covers 8 major institutions: ICC, AAA, LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC, CIETAC, DIAC, ICDR. Three modes: • party_lookup — find awards by party name (searches 20 landmark public awards + JusMundi best-effort) • institution_index — browse awards and caseload stats per institution with date range filter • clause_check — audit an arbitration clause for missing elements (institution, seat, language, arbitrator count, governing law, binding nature) Note: Most arbitration awards are confidential. This tool surfaces public awards (Yukos, Crystallex, Achmea, etc.) plus redacted statistics from institutional annual reports. Private awards are not accessible. Cache: 24h (arbitration data is very stable). No API key required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gapup Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
arbitration_awards_lookup accepts 6 parameters: mode, async, query, date_to, date_from, institution. Required: mode, query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Gapup MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for arbitration_awards_lookup: 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 Gapup Mcp. Nothing to install.
arbitration_awards_lookup 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 arbitration_awards_lookup 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 arbitration_awards_lookup. 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.
arbitration_awards_lookup is provided by the Gapup MCP server (https://mcp.gapup.io/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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