health.clinical.stats
Total number of registered clinical studies in the ClinicalTrials.gov database (577,000+ as of March 2026) (ClinicalTrials.gov)
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What health.clinical.stats does on Apibase
AI agents call health.clinical.stats 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
dummy | string | — | Unused parameter — included for schema compatibility. Leave empty. Returns total study count and average record size from ClinicalTrials.gov. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why health.clinical.stats is rated Low
Queries publicly available aggregate statistics from ClinicalTrials.gov; no side effects or data modification.
From the tool's definition Total number of registered clinical studies; retrieves database statistics
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The rule that runs health.clinical.stats 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 health.clinical.stats, this is the rule to start with:
health.clinical.stats 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 health.clinical.stats call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about health.clinical.stats
Total number of registered clinical studies in the ClinicalTrials.gov database (577,000+ as of March 2026) (ClinicalTrials.gov). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
health.clinical.stats accepts 1 parameter: dummy. 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 health.clinical.stats: 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.
health.clinical.stats 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 health.clinical.stats 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 health.clinical.stats. 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.
health.clinical.stats 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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