Aggregate public procurement tenders (calls for tender / appels d'offres) from multiple government sources simultaneously: TED Europa v3 (27 EU countries, keyless API), BOAMP France (opendatasoft, keyless), UK Contracts Finder (OCDS standard, keyless), SAM.gov United States (requires SAM_GOV_API_...
Risk signalsAccepts freeform code/query input (query)
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AI agents call gov_procurement_multi to retrieve information from Mcp Knowledge without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.
Even though gov_procurement_multi only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.
Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"gov_procurement_multi": {}
}
}See the full Mcp Knowledge policy for all 271 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access gov_procurement_multi gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other read tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: allow, with a rate cap to control cost.
Aggregate public procurement tenders (calls for tender / appels d'offres) from multiple government sources simultaneously: TED Europa v3 (27 EU countries, keyless API), BOAMP France (opendatasoft, keyless), UK Contracts Finder (OCDS standard, keyless), SAM.gov United States (requires SAM_GOV_API_KEY env var), and bund.de Germany (HTML scraping, partial). Returns structured tender records with buyer authority, EU CPV sector code, estimated contract value converted to EUR via live FX rates, submission deadlines, and direct notice URLs. Use when: a B2G agent needs to find government contract opportunities matching keywords across multiple jurisdictions; building a pipeline of public tenders for bid/no-bid qualification; monitoring a domain by CPV code; market sizing public sector spend. Key inputs: query (keywords), countries (ISO-2 array), cpv_codes (EU standard codes, e.g. 72000000=IT services, 45000000=construction, 79000000=business services), min_value_eur (filter), published_after (ISO date, defaults to 30 days ago). SLA: <=25s p95 (all sources fetched in parallel, 8s budget per source). Optional env var SAM_GOV_API_KEY enables US federal tenders (free key at api.sam.gov). Quality score: 25 pts if TED EU retrieved, 15 pts per other source retrieved (max 60), 10 pts if >= 10 tenders returned, 5 pts if aggregates computed. Status: failed < 30 / partial 30-59 / final >= 60.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Knowledge MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Knowledge MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gov_procurement_multi: 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 Mcp Knowledge. Nothing to install.
gov_procurement_multi 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 gov_procurement_multi 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 gov_procurement_multi. 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.
gov_procurement_multi is provided by the Mcp Knowledge MCP server (https://mcp.gapup.io). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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