hdx-hapi.geography.baseline_population
Get baseline population demographics broken down by gender and age range for a country or subnational admin area. Filter by location_code (ISO3), gender, age_range, admin1_name, and admin_level. Data: HDX Humanitarian API (hapi.humdata.org), run by UN OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data, CC BY 4.0,...
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What hdx-hapi.geography.baseline_population does on Apibase
AI agents call hdx-hapi.geography.baseline_population 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) |
gender | string | — | Gender code: f=female, m=male, x=non-binary, u=unknown, o=other, all=all |
offset | integer | — | Number of rows to skip, for pagination (default 0) |
age_range | string | — | Age range as "[start]-[end]" (e.g. "0-4", "18-59"), or "all" for all ages |
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.geography.baseline_population is rated Low
Read-only demographic data retrieval from a public humanitarian API.
From the tool's definition Get baseline population demographics broken down by gender and age range
Risk signalsAdmin/system-level operation
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs hdx-hapi.geography.baseline_population 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.geography.baseline_population, this is the rule to start with:
hdx-hapi.geography.baseline_population 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.geography.baseline_population call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about hdx-hapi.geography.baseline_population
Get baseline population demographics broken down by gender and age range for a country or subnational admin area. Filter by location_code (ISO3), gender, age_range, 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.geography.baseline_population accepts 8 parameters: limit, gender, offset, age_range, 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.geography.baseline_population: 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.geography.baseline_population 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.geography.baseline_population 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.geography.baseline_population. 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.geography.baseline_population 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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