bts.borders.crossings
Query monthly US border crossing statistics from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Filter by border (US-Canada or US-Mexico), crossing type (Trucks, Personal Vehicles, Pedestrians, Buses, Trains, etc.), port name, and date range. Data covers all official land ports of entry updated monthly...
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What bts.borders.crossings does on Apibase
AI agents call bts.borders.crossings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | — | Maximum number of records to return (1–500, default 20). |
border | string | — | Filter by border: "US-Canada Border" or "US-Mexico Border". Omit for both borders. |
measure | string | — | Type of crossing to count. Options: Buses, Bus Passengers, Pedestrians, Personal Vehicle Passengers, Personal Vehicles, Train Passengers, Trains, Trucks. |
end_date | string | — | End of date range in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. "2025-12-31"). |
port_name | string | — | Filter by port name (partial match, e.g. "San Diego", "El Paso", "Detroit"). |
start_date | string | — | Start of date range in YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g. "2025-01-01"). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why bts.borders.crossings is rated Low
Retrieves historical government border data with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Query monthly US border crossing statistics. No auth — US Gov public domain.
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The rule that runs bts.borders.crossings 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 bts.borders.crossings, this is the rule to start with:
bts.borders.crossings 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 bts.borders.crossings call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about bts.borders.crossings
Query monthly US border crossing statistics from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Filter by border (US-Canada or US-Mexico), crossing type (Trucks, Personal Vehicles, Pedestrians, Buses, Trains, etc.), port name, and date range. Data covers all official land ports of entry updated monthly. Source: BTS Border Crossing Entry Data (Socrata keg4-3bc2). No auth — US Gov public domain. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
bts.borders.crossings accepts 6 parameters: limit, border, measure, end_date, port_name, start_date. 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 bts.borders.crossings: 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.
bts.borders.crossings 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 bts.borders.crossings 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 bts.borders.crossings. 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.
bts.borders.crossings 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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