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What sportmonks_get_countries does on Sports Hub
AI agents call sportmonks_get_countries to retrieve information from Sports Hub without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why sportmonks_get_countries is rated Low
This tool retrieves a static list of countries from the Sports Hub API without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It has no side effects and presents minimal security risk. The only conceivable misuse would be to enumerate available countries for reconnaissance, which poses negligible harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_countries' and description 'List all available countries' indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution. The verb 'List' and 'get' are classic Read operations.
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The rule that runs sportmonks_get_countries safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Sports Hub, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For sportmonks_get_countries, this is the rule to start with:
sportmonks_get_countries 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 Sports Hub, apply this rule, and every sportmonks_get_countries call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about sportmonks_get_countries
List all available countries. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sports Hub MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sports Hub MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for sportmonks_get_countries: 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 Sports Hub. Nothing to install.
sportmonks_get_countries 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 sportmonks_get_countries 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 sportmonks_get_countries. 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.
sportmonks_get_countries is provided by the Sports Hub MCP server (mcp-sports-hub). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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