gov.brasilapi.cep
Look up a Brazilian address by 8-digit CEP postal code — returns street, neighborhood, city, state, coordinates, timezone. BrasilAPI MIT
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What gov.brasilapi.cep does on Apibase
AI agents call gov.brasilapi.cep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
cep | string | Yes | Brazilian postal code (CEP) — 8 digits with or without dash (e.g. "01001000" or "01001-000"). Returns street, neighborhood, city, state, coords, timezone. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why gov.brasilapi.cep is rated Low
Retrieves public postal address data with no side effects or modifications.
From the tool's definition Look up a Brazilian address by CEP postal code — returns street, neighborhood, city, state
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The rule that runs gov.brasilapi.cep 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 gov.brasilapi.cep, this is the rule to start with:
gov.brasilapi.cep 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 gov.brasilapi.cep call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about gov.brasilapi.cep
Look up a Brazilian address by 8-digit CEP postal code — returns street, neighborhood, city, state, coordinates, timezone. BrasilAPI MIT. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
gov.brasilapi.cep accepts 1 parameter: cep. Required: cep. 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 gov.brasilapi.cep: 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.
gov.brasilapi.cep 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 gov.brasilapi.cep 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 gov.brasilapi.cep. 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.
gov.brasilapi.cep 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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