swissfso.catalog.list
Browse the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS/FSO) STAT-TAB catalog of 648 statistical datasets. Filter by subject area using BFS subject codes: "01"=population, "03"=employment, "06"=industry, "07"=agriculture, "09"=construction, "10"=tourism, "13"=social-security, "14"=health, "15"=education...
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What swissfso.catalog.list does on Apibase
AI agents call swissfso.catalog.list 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 number of dataset entries to return (1–200, default 50). |
subject | string | — | Filter by BFS subject code or name. Code examples: "01"=population, "03"=employment, "06"=industry, "07"=agriculture, "09"=construction, "10"=tourism, "13"=soci |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why swissfso.catalog.list is rated Low
Tool retrieves and filters public statistical metadata without modification or execution capabilities.
From the tool's definition Browse the Swiss Federal Statistical Office catalog of 648 statistical datasets. Filter by subject area.
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The rule that runs swissfso.catalog.list 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 swissfso.catalog.list, this is the rule to start with:
swissfso.catalog.list 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 swissfso.catalog.list call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about swissfso.catalog.list
Browse the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS/FSO) STAT-TAB catalog of 648 statistical datasets. Filter by subject area using BFS subject codes: "01"=population, "03"=employment, "06"=industry, "07"=agriculture, "09"=construction, "10"=tourism, "13"=social-security, "14"=health, "15"=education, "21"=sustainability. Returns dataset IDs (database_id) needed for table.metadata and table.query. Data: Swiss OGD, no auth, commercial use permitted. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
swissfso.catalog.list accepts 2 parameters: limit, subject. 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 swissfso.catalog.list: 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.
swissfso.catalog.list 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 swissfso.catalog.list 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 swissfso.catalog.list. 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.
swissfso.catalog.list 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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