carbonintensity.energy.current
Get the current national carbon intensity of UK electricity generation from the National Grid ESO. Returns the half-hour period timestamps, forecast intensity in gCO2/kWh, actual intensity in gCO2/kWh (when available), and a qualitative index (very low / low / moderate / high / very high). Data i...
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What carbonintensity.energy.current does on Apibase
AI agents call carbonintensity.energy.current 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
locale | string | — | Reserved for future use. Omit for standard response. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why carbonintensity.energy.current is rated Low
Retrieves publicly available electricity carbon intensity data with no side effects or state changes.
From the tool's definition Get the current national carbon intensity, returns timestamps, forecast intensity, actual intensity
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs carbonintensity.energy.current 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 carbonintensity.energy.current, this is the rule to start with:
carbonintensity.energy.current 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 carbonintensity.energy.current call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about carbonintensity.energy.current
Get the current national carbon intensity of UK electricity generation from the National Grid ESO. Returns the half-hour period timestamps, forecast intensity in gCO2/kWh, actual intensity in gCO2/kWh (when available), and a qualitative index (very low / low / moderate / high / very high). Data is updated every 30 minutes. Lower values indicate cleaner electricity — useful for smart energy scheduling, EV charging optimisation, and sustainability dashboards. CC BY 4.0, no upstream cost. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
carbonintensity.energy.current accepts 1 parameter: locale. 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 carbonintensity.energy.current: 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.
carbonintensity.energy.current 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 carbonintensity.energy.current 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 carbonintensity.energy.current. 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.
carbonintensity.energy.current 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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