get-health-statistics

THE RISK

Low Risk

Why get-health-statistics needs a policy

This tool retrieves public health statistics and indicators from an authoritative WHO database. It performs a query operation that returns data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The read-only nature of querying a health observatory combined with the explicit 'Get' verb places this squarely in the Read category with low risk.

From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Get health statistics and indicators' from WHO Global Health Observatory, which is a retrieval operation.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get-health-statistics gives an agent:

POLICY

How to control get-health-statistics

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Medical, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get-health-statistics:

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get-health-statistics": {}
  }
}

get-health-statistics is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

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EXPLORE

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FAQ

Questions about get-health-statistics

What does the get-health-statistics tool do? +

Get health statistics and indicators from WHO Global Health Observatory. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Medical MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get-health-statistics? +

Register the Medical MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-health-statistics: 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 Medical. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get-health-statistics? +

get-health-statistics is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get-health-statistics? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get-health-statistics 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.

How do I block get-health-statistics completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get-health-statistics. 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.

What MCP server provides get-health-statistics? +

get-health-statistics is provided by the Medical MCP server (jamesanz/medical-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Medical tool call.

Start from Medical, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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