treasurydirect.rates.tips
US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) auction results with reference CPI data. Returns real yield (highYield), coupon rate (interestRate), reference CPI on issue date, index ratio, bid-to-cover ratio, and total accepted for each TIPS auction in the specified look-back window. Useful f...
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What treasurydirect.rates.tips does on Apibase
AI agents call treasurydirect.rates.tips 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
days | integer | — | Look-back window in calendar days (1–1825, i.e. up to 5 years). Returns TIPS auction results with reference CPI values and real yield (highYield) for each aucti |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why treasurydirect.rates.tips is rated Low
Retrieves public Treasury auction data with no side effects or modifications.
From the tool's definition Returns auction results with reference CPI data, no auth required
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The rule that runs treasurydirect.rates.tips 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 treasurydirect.rates.tips, this is the rule to start with:
treasurydirect.rates.tips 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 treasurydirect.rates.tips call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about treasurydirect.rates.tips
US Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) auction results with reference CPI data. Returns real yield (highYield), coupon rate (interestRate), reference CPI on issue date, index ratio, bid-to-cover ratio, and total accepted for each TIPS auction in the specified look-back window. Useful for tracking real interest rate trends and inflation breakeven calculations. Source: TreasuryDirect TA_WS, US Government open data, no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
treasurydirect.rates.tips accepts 1 parameter: days. 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 treasurydirect.rates.tips: 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.
treasurydirect.rates.tips 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 treasurydirect.rates.tips 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 treasurydirect.rates.tips. 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.
treasurydirect.rates.tips 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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