uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search
Search the UK Environment Agency real-time river/tidal monitoring network for stations, filterable by town, river name, catchment name, measured parameter (level, flow, rainfall, wind, temperature), or freetext label search. Returns station_id, name, river/catchment, coordinates, and the measures...
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What uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search does on Apibase
AI agents call uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
town | string | — | Filter stations by nearest town (e.g. "Shrewsbury"). |
limit | integer | — | Max stations to return (default 20, max 200). |
search | string | — | Freetext search matching the station label/name. |
parameter | string | — | Filter stations by the type of measurement they record. |
river_name | string | — | Filter stations by river name, partial match (e.g. "River Severn"). |
catchment_name | string | — | Filter stations by river catchment name (e.g. "Cotswolds"). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search is rated Low
Retrieves public flood monitoring station metadata without side effects or access to sensitive operations.
From the tool's definition Search monitoring network for stations, returns station_id, name, coordinates, measures recorded.
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The rule that runs uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search 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 uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search, this is the rule to start with:
uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search 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 uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search
Search the UK Environment Agency real-time river/tidal monitoring network for stations, filterable by town, river name, catchment name, measured parameter (level, flow, rainfall, wind, temperature), or freetext label search. Returns station_id, name, river/catchment, coordinates, and the measures each station records — use station_id with uk-ea-flood-monitoring.station_readings to get its latest values. Data: environment.data.gov.uk/flood-monitoring, UK Open Government Licence v3.0, no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search accepts 6 parameters: town, limit, search, parameter, river_name, catchment_name. 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 uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search: 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.
uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search 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 uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search 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 uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search. 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.
uk-ea-flood-monitoring.stations.search 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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