"What was the weather on [date]" / "historical weather for [location]" / "temperature in [city] last summer" / "rainfall during [period]" / "past weather data" — ERA5 reanalysis covering 1940-present at any global lat/lng. Returns hourly or daily temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity etc. fo...
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AI agents call historical to retrieve information from Open Meteo 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 historical 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": {
"historical": {}
}
}See the full Open Meteo policy for all 26 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access historical 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.
"What was the weather on [date]" / "historical weather for [location]" / "temperature in [city] last summer" / "rainfall during [period]" / "past weather data" — ERA5 reanalysis covering 1940-present at any global lat/lng. Returns hourly or daily temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity etc. for any date range. Use for climate analysis, retrospective event weather, or training data.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Open Meteo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Open Meteo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for historical: 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 Open Meteo. Nothing to install.
historical 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 historical 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 historical. 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.
historical is provided by the Open Meteo MCP server (https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-meteo/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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