Extract all Citation Style 1 templates from wikitext.
AI agents call extract_citations to retrieve information from Wikicitation without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool reads and parses wikitext to extract citation templates. It has no side effects—no data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The operation is purely informational, fitting the Read category (retrieves or queries data). Severity is low because extraction poses minimal risk; the worst outcome is incorrect or incomplete citation data returned, which does not harm systems or data integrity.
From the tool's definition The tool 'extract_citations' with description 'Extract all Citation Style 1 templates from wikitext' performs data retrieval and parsing of existing wiki markup. It returns structured citation data without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations.
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Extract all Citation Style 1 templates from wikitext. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Wikicitation MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Wikicitation MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for extract_citations: 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 Wikicitation. Nothing to install.
extract_citations 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 extract_citations 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 extract_citations. 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.
extract_citations is provided by the Wikicitation MCP server (jsobel1/wikicitation-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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