nasa.astronomy.apod
Get NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day — daily curated space image or video with expert explanation, dating back to 1995 (NASA APOD)
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What nasa.astronomy.apod does on Apibase
AI agents call nasa.astronomy.apod 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
date | string | — | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (default: today). Returns the Astronomy Picture of the Day for that date |
thumbs | boolean | — | Return thumbnail URL for video APOD entries (default false) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why nasa.astronomy.apod is rated Low
Retrieves publicly available NASA APOD content; no side effects or data modification.
From the tool's definition Get NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day — daily curated space image or video with expert explanation, dating back to 1995
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The rule that runs nasa.astronomy.apod 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 nasa.astronomy.apod, this is the rule to start with:
nasa.astronomy.apod 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 nasa.astronomy.apod call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about nasa.astronomy.apod
Get NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day — daily curated space image or video with expert explanation, dating back to 1995 (NASA APOD). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
nasa.astronomy.apod accepts 2 parameters: date, thumbs. 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 nasa.astronomy.apod: 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.
nasa.astronomy.apod 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 nasa.astronomy.apod 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 nasa.astronomy.apod. 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.
nasa.astronomy.apod 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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