bank-of-england.rates.sonia
Daily history of SONIA (Sterling Overnight Index Average), the Bank of England-administered reference rate for unsecured overnight sterling lending, series IUDSOIA. Returns the most recent N days (default 90, max 1825). Data: Bank of England Statistical Interactive Database (bankofengland.co.uk/b...
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What bank-of-england.rates.sonia does on Apibase
AI agents call bank-of-england.rates.sonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
last_n | integer | — | Number of most recent calendar days to return, counting back from today (default 90, max 1825 = 5 years). This is a daily series. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why bank-of-england.rates.sonia is rated Low
Tool retrieves historical financial reference rate data with no side effects, authentication, or modification capabilities.
From the tool's definition Daily history of SONIA reference rate. Returns most recent N days data.
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The rule that runs bank-of-england.rates.sonia 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 bank-of-england.rates.sonia, this is the rule to start with:
bank-of-england.rates.sonia 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 bank-of-england.rates.sonia call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about bank-of-england.rates.sonia
Daily history of SONIA (Sterling Overnight Index Average), the Bank of England-administered reference rate for unsecured overnight sterling lending, series IUDSOIA. Returns the most recent N days (default 90, max 1825). Data: Bank of England Statistical Interactive Database (bankofengland.co.uk/boeapps/database), no auth required, UK Open Government Licence v3.0. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
bank-of-england.rates.sonia accepts 1 parameter: last_n. 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 bank-of-england.rates.sonia: 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.
bank-of-england.rates.sonia 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 bank-of-england.rates.sonia 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 bank-of-england.rates.sonia. 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.
bank-of-england.rates.sonia 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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