address.ukpost.lookup
Look up a UK postcode — returns district, region, country, ward, parish, parliamentary constituency, and lat/lon coordinates. Backed by ONS/Ordnance Survey data. Example: "SW1A 1AA" → Westminster, London (Postcodes.io)
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What address.ukpost.lookup does on Apibase
AI agents call address.ukpost.lookup to retrieve information from Apibase 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
postcode | string | Yes | UK postcode to look up (e.g. "SW1A 1AA" for Westminster, "EC2R 8AH" for City of London, "M1 1AA" for Manchester). Returns district, region, country, lat/lon, pa |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why address.ukpost.lookup is rated Low
Retrieves publicly available postcode data with no side effects or modifications.
From the tool's definition Look up a UK postcode — returns district, region, country, ward, parish, parliamentary constituency, and lat/lon coordinates.
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The rule that runs address.ukpost.lookup safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For address.ukpost.lookup, this is the rule to start with:
address.ukpost.lookup 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 Apibase, apply this rule, and every address.ukpost.lookup call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about address.ukpost.lookup
Look up a UK postcode — returns district, region, country, ward, parish, parliamentary constituency, and lat/lon coordinates. Backed by ONS/Ordnance Survey data. Example: "SW1A 1AA" → Westminster, London (Postcodes.io). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
address.ukpost.lookup accepts 1 parameter: postcode. Required: postcode. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for address.ukpost.lookup: 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 Apibase. Nothing to install.
address.ukpost.lookup 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 address.ukpost.lookup 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 address.ukpost.lookup. 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.
address.ukpost.lookup is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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