cpsc.safety.recent
Get the most recent US CPSC consumer product recall notices issued within the last N days. Returns recalls ordered newest-first with title, affected products, hazards, remedy options, and manufacturer details. Optionally filter by CPSC product category (e.g. "Toys", "Furniture", "Power Tools"). I...
This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase/cpsc.safety.recent.md
What cpsc.safety.recent does on Apibase
AI agents call cpsc.safety.recent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
days | integer | — | Number of days to look back for recent recalls (1–365, default 30). Example: 7 returns recalls from the last week; 90 returns the last quarter. |
limit | integer | — | Maximum number of recent recalls to return (1–100, default 20). Results are ordered newest-first. |
product_type | string | — | Optional CPSC product category to filter recent recalls. Example: "Toys", "Furniture", "Power Tools". Leave blank to get recent recalls across all categories. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why cpsc.safety.recent is rated Low
Retrieves public CPSC recall data with no side effects or modifications.
From the tool's definition Get the most recent US CPSC consumer product recall notices
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs cpsc.safety.recent 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 cpsc.safety.recent, this is the rule to start with:
cpsc.safety.recent 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 cpsc.safety.recent call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about cpsc.safety.recent
Get the most recent US CPSC consumer product recall notices issued within the last N days. Returns recalls ordered newest-first with title, affected products, hazards, remedy options, and manufacturer details. Optionally filter by CPSC product category (e.g. "Toys", "Furniture", "Power Tools"). Ideal for safety monitoring agents, compliance dashboards, and consumer protection workflows that need to track new recall announcements on a daily or weekly basis. No auth — US Consumer Product Safety Act public domain data, unlimited free. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
cpsc.safety.recent accepts 3 parameters: days, limit, product_type. 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 cpsc.safety.recent: 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.
cpsc.safety.recent 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 cpsc.safety.recent 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 cpsc.safety.recent. 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.
cpsc.safety.recent 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.
More on Apibase, and thousands of servers like it.
This server
Across the catalogue