dbnomics.data.providers
List all statistical data providers available on DBnomics — the unified gateway to 93+ national and international agencies. Includes IMF, World Bank (WB), OECD, Eurostat, ECB, BIS, UN, ILO, CEPII, and many more. Returns provider codes, full names, and regions. Use the returned provider codes with...
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What dbnomics.data.providers does on Apibase
AI agents call dbnomics.data.providers 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 | — | Number of providers to return (1–200, default 100) |
offset | integer | — | Pagination offset — number of providers to skip (default 0) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why dbnomics.data.providers is rated Low
Retrieves publicly available metadata about data providers with no side effects or modifications.
From the tool's definition List all statistical data providers, returns provider codes and names
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The rule that runs dbnomics.data.providers 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 dbnomics.data.providers, this is the rule to start with:
dbnomics.data.providers 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 dbnomics.data.providers call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about dbnomics.data.providers
List all statistical data providers available on DBnomics — the unified gateway to 93+ national and international agencies. Includes IMF, World Bank (WB), OECD, Eurostat, ECB, BIS, UN, ILO, CEPII, and many more. Returns provider codes, full names, and regions. Use the returned provider codes with dbnomics.data.datasets to explore available datasets. DBnomics aggregates over 46,000 datasets and 1.7 billion time series from official statistical sources. No API key required — open data under CC-BY 4.0. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
dbnomics.data.providers accepts 2 parameters: limit, offset. 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 dbnomics.data.providers: 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.
dbnomics.data.providers 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 dbnomics.data.providers 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 dbnomics.data.providers. 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.
dbnomics.data.providers 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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