hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc
Get IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) data — population counts by food-insecurity phase (1=minimal to 5=catastrophe), current and projected. Filter by location_code (ISO3), ipc_phase, admin1_name, and admin_level. Data: HDX Humanitarian API (hapi.humdata.org), run by UN OCHA Cen...
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What hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc does on Apibase
AI agents call hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc 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 | — | Maximum rows to return (1-1000, default 100) |
offset | integer | — | Number of rows to skip, for pagination (default 0) |
ipc_phase | string | — | IPC phase classification: 1=minimal, 2=stressed, 3=crisis, 4=emergency, 5=catastrophe, 3+=crisis or worse, all=all phases |
admin1_name | string | — | 1st-level subnational admin area name to filter results, e.g. "Kayes" |
admin_level | string | — | Admin granularity of returned rows: 0=national, 1=admin1, 2=admin2 |
location_code | string | — | ISO3 country code to filter results, e.g. "MLI", "AFG", "SOM" |
location_name | string | — | Country name to filter results (alternative to location_code), e.g. "Mali" |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc is rated Low
Read-only query of humanitarian food security data with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Get IPC data — population counts by food-insecurity phase
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The rule that runs hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc 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 hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc, this is the rule to start with:
hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc 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 hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc
Get IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) data — population counts by food-insecurity phase (1=minimal to 5=catastrophe), current and projected. Filter by location_code (ISO3), ipc_phase, admin1_name, and admin_level. Data: HDX Humanitarian API (hapi.humdata.org), run by UN OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, CC BY 4.0, no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc accepts 7 parameters: limit, offset, ipc_phase, admin1_name, admin_level, location_code, location_name. 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 hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc: 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.
hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc 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 hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc 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 hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc. 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.
hdx-hapi.food.security_ipc 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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