ftg_country_study
Return the in-depth FTG country study — multi-part structured analysis of a country's trade and production landscape. When to use this tool: an agent needs deep country context before a sourcing, export or investment decision. Input: a country.
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What ftg_country_study does on Gapup Mcp
AI agents call ftg_country_study 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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 |
country | string | Yes | Country ISO code or name |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why ftg_country_study is rated Low
This tool retrieves and returns a structured analytical report about a country's trade and production landscape. It is a read/query operation with no side effects — it simply fetches existing country study data. The financial context of the server does not change the nature of this specific tool, which is informational only.
From the tool's definition Return the in-depth FTG country study — multi-part structured analysis of a country's trade and production landscape
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The rule that runs ftg_country_study 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 ftg_country_study, this is the rule to start with:
ftg_country_study 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 ftg_country_study call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about ftg_country_study
Return the in-depth FTG country study — multi-part structured analysis of a country's trade and production landscape. When to use this tool: an agent needs deep country context before a sourcing, export or investment decision. Input: a country. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gapup Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
ftg_country_study accepts 2 parameters: async, country. Required: country. 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 ftg_country_study: 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.
ftg_country_study 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 ftg_country_study 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 ftg_country_study. 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.
ftg_country_study 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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