worldbank.dev.indicators
Search 16,000+ World Bank development indicators by keyword or topic — GDP, population, poverty, education, health, environment, trade. Returns indicator ID, name, source, description, topics. Use indicator IDs with finance.country_data for time-series data (World Bank, CC BY 4.0)
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What worldbank.dev.indicators does on Apibase
AI agents call worldbank.dev.indicators 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 | — | Results per page (1-50, default 20) |
topic | string | — | Topic ID filter (1=Agriculture, 3=Economy, 4=Education, 6=Environment, 8=Health, 11=Poverty, 14=Science, 19=Climate Change) |
source | string | — | Source ID filter (2=World Development Indicators, 11=Africa, 57=Gender) |
keyword | string | — | Search keyword for indicators (e.g. "gdp", "population", "poverty", "education", "co2 emissions") |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why worldbank.dev.indicators is rated Low
Tool retrieves publicly available indicator metadata with no side effects or data modification capabilities.
From the tool's definition Search 16,000+ World Bank development indicators by keyword or topic — returns indicator ID, name, source, description, topics.
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The rule that runs worldbank.dev.indicators 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 worldbank.dev.indicators, this is the rule to start with:
worldbank.dev.indicators 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 worldbank.dev.indicators call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about worldbank.dev.indicators
Search 16,000+ World Bank development indicators by keyword or topic — GDP, population, poverty, education, health, environment, trade. Returns indicator ID, name, source, description, topics. Use indicator IDs with finance.country_data for time-series data (World Bank, CC BY 4.0). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
worldbank.dev.indicators accepts 4 parameters: limit, topic, source, keyword. 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 worldbank.dev.indicators: 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.
worldbank.dev.indicators 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 worldbank.dev.indicators 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 worldbank.dev.indicators. 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.
worldbank.dev.indicators 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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