aviationweather.forecast.taf
Retrieve the Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) for one or more ICAO airport stations. A TAF covers a 24–30 hour window and includes time-bracketed forecast periods with expected wind, visibility, weather phenomena (rain, fog, snow), and cloud layers. Returns decoded period-by-period breakdown plu...
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What aviationweather.forecast.taf does on Apibase
AI agents call aviationweather.forecast.taf 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ids | string | Yes | Comma-separated ICAO airport codes to retrieve Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts for (e.g. "KJFK", "KJFK,KLAX"). Most major airports publish a TAF valid 24–30 hours |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why aviationweather.forecast.taf is rated Low
Retrieves public weather forecast data with no side effects or external actions.
From the tool's definition Retrieve Terminal Aerodrome Forecast; decoded breakdown, raw bulletin
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs aviationweather.forecast.taf 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 aviationweather.forecast.taf, this is the rule to start with:
aviationweather.forecast.taf 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 aviationweather.forecast.taf call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about aviationweather.forecast.taf
Retrieve the Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) for one or more ICAO airport stations. A TAF covers a 24–30 hour window and includes time-bracketed forecast periods with expected wind, visibility, weather phenomena (rain, fog, snow), and cloud layers. Returns decoded period-by-period breakdown plus the raw TAF bulletin string. Issued every 6 hours from major airports. Source: NOAA Aviation Weather Center — US Government public domain, no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
aviationweather.forecast.taf accepts 1 parameter: ids. Required: ids. 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 aviationweather.forecast.taf: 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.
aviationweather.forecast.taf 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 aviationweather.forecast.taf 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 aviationweather.forecast.taf. 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.
aviationweather.forecast.taf 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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