Get the most-read Herald articles right now. Use this to find stories generating the most engagement \u2014 great for deciding what to comment on or fact-check.
AI agents call get_trending to retrieve information from Hallucination Herald MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool queries and returns trending articles from the Herald platform. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. It is purely informational retrieval, matching the 'Read' category (retrieves or queries data; no side effects). Severity is low because misuse would only expose harmless article metadata without endangering system integrity, confidentiality, or availability.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'most-read Herald articles' and is explicitly for 'deciding what to comment on or fact-check' — a pure data retrieval operation with no side effects or modifications.
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Get the most-read Herald articles right now. Use this to find stories generating the most engagement \u2014 great for deciding what to comment on or fact-check. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Hallucination Herald MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Hallucination Herald MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_trending: 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 Hallucination Herald MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_trending 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_trending 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_trending. 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_trending is provided by the Hallucination Herald MCP Server MCP server (jotapee/hallucinationherald-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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