delphi.flu.fluview
Retrieve weekly CDC ILINet influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance data by US region. Covers national ("nat"), HHS regions (hhs1-hhs10), Census regions (cen1-cen9), and individual states. Returns weighted ILI (wILI) rate, unweighted ILI rate, patient counts, provider counts, and age-group break...
This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase/delphi.flu.fluview.md
What delphi.flu.fluview does on Apibase
AI agents call delphi.flu.fluview 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
issues | string | — | Filter to a specific issue/release epiweek (YYYYWW). Omit to get the most recent revision for each epiweek. |
regions | string | Yes | Comma-separated region codes: "nat" (national), "hhs1"-"hhs10" (HHS regions), "cen1"-"cen9" (Census regions), or 2-letter state abbreviation (e.g. "ca"). Multip |
epiweeks | string | Yes | Epiweek(s) in YYYYWW format. Single: "202001". Range: "202001-202020". List: "202001,202010,202020". Epiweeks start Sunday; week 1 contains Jan 1. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why delphi.flu.fluview is rated Low
Tool retrieves historical epidemiological data with no side effects or modification capabilities.
From the tool's definition Retrieve weekly CDC ILINet surveillance data; returns rates, counts, breakdown
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs delphi.flu.fluview 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 delphi.flu.fluview, this is the rule to start with:
delphi.flu.fluview 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 delphi.flu.fluview call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about delphi.flu.fluview
Retrieve weekly CDC ILINet influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance data by US region. Covers national ("nat"), HHS regions (hhs1-hhs10), Census regions (cen1-cen9), and individual states. Returns weighted ILI (wILI) rate, unweighted ILI rate, patient counts, provider counts, and age-group breakdown (0-4, 5-24, 25-49, 50-64, 65+) for each epiweek. Historical data from 1997 onward. No auth — CMU Delphi open epidemiological data, unlimited free. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
delphi.flu.fluview accepts 3 parameters: issues, regions, epiweeks. Required: regions, epiweeks. 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 delphi.flu.fluview: 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.
delphi.flu.fluview 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 delphi.flu.fluview 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 delphi.flu.fluview. 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.
delphi.flu.fluview 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