Get weather alerts for a US state.
AI agents call get_alerts to retrieve information from MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves weather alert information for a specified US state. It is a read-only operation that queries an external data source (likely a weather API) and returns information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The minimal blast radius of misuse (returning irrelevant or stale weather data) and lack of side effects place it firmly in the Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_alerts' and description 'Get weather alerts for a US state' indicate a retrieval operation. The verb 'Get' combined with 'alerts' describes querying/fetching data with no modification or side effects.
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Get weather alerts for a US state. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_alerts: 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 MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_alerts 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 get_alerts 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 get_alerts. 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.
get_alerts is provided by the MCP Server MCP server (izzanzahrial/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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