istat.reference.dataflows
Search or list ISTAT economic/social-statistics dataflows — ~4900 official series from the Italian National Institute of Statistics covering population, prices, labour, agriculture, trade, and national accounts. Filter by name/id with query, or omit to list all (capped to 200 results). Use the re...
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What istat.reference.dataflows does on Apibase
AI agents call istat.reference.dataflows 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | — | Filter dataflows by name or id substring, case-insensitive (e.g. "population", "inflation", "employment", "crops"). Omit to list all ~4900 available dataflows ( |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why istat.reference.dataflows is rated Low
Tool queries public statistical metadata without side effects, no data modification or code execution capability.
From the tool's definition Search or list ISTAT economic/social-statistics dataflows — ~4900 official series.
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The rule that runs istat.reference.dataflows 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 istat.reference.dataflows, this is the rule to start with:
istat.reference.dataflows 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 istat.reference.dataflows call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about istat.reference.dataflows
Search or list ISTAT economic/social-statistics dataflows — ~4900 official series from the Italian National Institute of Statistics covering population, prices, labour, agriculture, trade, and national accounts. Filter by name/id with query, or omit to list all (capped to 200 results). Use the returned dataflow_id with istat.structure and istat.data. Data: esploradati.istat.it (ISTAT SDMX public REST API), no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
istat.reference.dataflows accepts 1 parameter: query. 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 istat.reference.dataflows: 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.
istat.reference.dataflows 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 istat.reference.dataflows 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 istat.reference.dataflows. 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.
istat.reference.dataflows 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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