get_contracts

Retrieve all current and active player contracts. IMPORTANT: The API does not expose service time or team control status. A 1-year contract does NOT necessarily mean the player will hit free agency — pre-arbitration players (~$900K salary) and arbitration-eligible players ($1–8M salary) both show...

Server StatsPlus MCP Server joshuarichard/statsplus-mcp
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What get_contracts does on StatsPlus MCP Server

AI agents call get_contracts to retrieve information from StatsPlus MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_contracts needs a policy

This tool retrieves sports contract data without creating, modifying, or deleting records. It has no side effects beyond data retrieval. The low severity reflects minimal harm from misuse — an AI querying contract statistics poses no operational, security, or financial risk. Confidence is high because the description unambiguously describes a retrieval operation.

From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Retrieve all current and active player contracts' — a read/query operation with no modification capability.

Questions about get_contracts

What does the get_contracts tool do? +

Retrieve all current and active player contracts. IMPORTANT: The API does not expose service time or team control status. A 1-year contract does NOT necessarily mean the player will hit free agency — pre-arbitration players (~$900K salary) and arbitration-eligible players ($1–8M salary) both show as 1-year deals that auto-renew under team control. Only multi-year contracts or high-AAV 1-year deals indicate a negotiated free-agent signing. Use salary level and player age to infer team control status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the StatsPlus MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_contracts? +

Register the StatsPlus MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_contracts: 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 StatsPlus MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get_contracts? +

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

Can I rate-limit get_contracts? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_contracts 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_contracts completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_contracts. 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_contracts? +

get_contracts is provided by the StatsPlus MCP Server MCP server (joshuarichard/statsplus-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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