holidays_by_country
Get public holidays for a country and year.
This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server/holidays-by-country.md
What holidays_by_country does on UnClick
AI agents call holidays_by_country to retrieve information from UnClick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
year | number | — | Year (defaults to current year) |
country_code | string | Yes | 2-letter ISO code (US, AU, GB, DE, etc) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why holidays_by_country is rated Low
This tool queries and returns public holiday information—a read-only operation that retrieves data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. No financial, destructive, or execution implications. Severity is low due to minimal risk if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'holidays_by_country' and description 'Get public holidays for a country and year' indicate a data retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
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The rule that runs holidays_by_country safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and UnClick, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For holidays_by_country, this is the rule to start with:
holidays_by_country 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 UnClick, apply this rule, and every holidays_by_country call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about holidays_by_country
Get public holidays for a country and year. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UnClick MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
holidays_by_country accepts 2 parameters: year, country_code. Required: country_code. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the UnClick MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for holidays_by_country: 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 UnClick. Nothing to install.
holidays_by_country 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 holidays_by_country 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 holidays_by_country. 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.
holidays_by_country is provided by the UnClick MCP server (@unclick/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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