statcan.table.metadata
Retrieve full metadata for a Statistics Canada table by its 8-digit product ID. Returns table title, date range, release frequency, subject codes, survey codes, and complete dimension hierarchy including all member categories with their IDs and names. Dimensions contain the coordinate values need...
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What statcan.table.metadata does on Apibase
AI agents call statcan.table.metadata 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
product_id | integer | Yes | Statistics Canada table product ID (8-digit number, e.g. 35100003 for Youth Justice Survey). Visible in table URLs on www150.statcan.gc.ca. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why statcan.table.metadata is rated Low
Tool retrieves publicly available statistical metadata with no side effects or data modification capability.
From the tool's definition Retrieve full metadata for a Statistics Canada table by its 8-digit product ID.
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The rule that runs statcan.table.metadata 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 statcan.table.metadata, this is the rule to start with:
statcan.table.metadata 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 statcan.table.metadata call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about statcan.table.metadata
Retrieve full metadata for a Statistics Canada table by its 8-digit product ID. Returns table title, date range, release frequency, subject codes, survey codes, and complete dimension hierarchy including all member categories with their IDs and names. Dimensions contain the coordinate values needed to select specific time-series within the table (e.g. geography, industry, demographic group). Members are truncated to 50 per dimension. Use coordinate values to call table_data. Product IDs are visible in StatCan table URLs: www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=<productId>01. Source: Statistics Canada WDS, Canada Open Licence, no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
statcan.table.metadata accepts 1 parameter: product_id. Required: product_id. 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 statcan.table.metadata: 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.
statcan.table.metadata 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 statcan.table.metadata 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 statcan.table.metadata. 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.
statcan.table.metadata 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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