usdamars.reports.list
List recently published USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) market news reports covering livestock, dairy, poultry, fruits, vegetables, grain, cotton, and specialty crops. Returns report metadata: ID, title, publication date, commodity period covered, and file type. Reports are published by...
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What usdamars.reports.list does on Apibase
AI agents call usdamars.reports.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
days | integer | — | Number of past days to include (1–30). Default 7. Today's reports use 1; a full work week uses 5. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why usdamars.reports.list is rated Low
Retrieves public USDA market news report metadata with no side effects or data modification.
From the tool's definition List recently published reports; returns report metadata: ID, title, publication date.
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The rule that runs usdamars.reports.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 usdamars.reports.list, this is the rule to start with:
usdamars.reports.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 usdamars.reports.list call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about usdamars.reports.list
List recently published USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) market news reports covering livestock, dairy, poultry, fruits, vegetables, grain, cotton, and specialty crops. Returns report metadata: ID, title, publication date, commodity period covered, and file type. Reports are published by USDA-accredited reporters at markets across the US. Use usdamars.reports.search to filter by commodity. Source: USDA AMS MyMarketNews — marsapi.ams.usda.gov, public domain, no auth. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
usdamars.reports.list 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 usdamars.reports.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.
usdamars.reports.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 usdamars.reports.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 usdamars.reports.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.
usdamars.reports.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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