spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count
Citation count and references for a DOI. Costs $0.001 USDC per call. Read-only. Pass the listed fields directly as typed arguments.
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What spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count does on Spraay X402 Mcp
AI agents call spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count to retrieve information from Spraay X402 Mcp without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count is rated Low
This tool performs a lookup operation that retrieves bibliographic metadata (citation count and references). Despite the financial transaction cost ($0.001 USDC per call), the tool itself is a read-only query that does not modify data, execute code, or cause destructive changes. The cost is a separate metering/billing mechanism, not a financial operation by the tool itself. Classification is Read.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Read-only' and the function retrieves citation count and references for a DOI, which is a data query with no side effects.
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The rule that runs spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Spraay X402 Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count, this is the rule to start with:
spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count 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 Spraay X402 Mcp, apply this rule, and every spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count
Citation count and references for a DOI. Costs $0.001 USDC per call. Read-only. Pass the listed fields directly as typed arguments. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Spraay X402 Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Spraay X402 MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count: 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 Spraay X402 Mcp. Nothing to install.
spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count 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 spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count 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 spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count. 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.
spraay_research_scholarly_citations_count is provided by the Spraay X402 MCP server (spraay-x402-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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