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AI agents call search_by_kingdom to retrieve information from ITIS MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the ITIS taxonomic database to retrieve organism records filtered by kingdom classification. It performs a read-only search with no modification, deletion, or execution of external commands. The operation has no side effects and returns informational data about taxonomy. This is consistent with standard database query operations classified as 'Read'.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate retrieval functionality: 'Find all organisms belonging to a major kingdom of life' and context shows this is part of a taxonomic database query suite alongside other search/retrieval tools like 'autocomplete_search',…
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Find all organisms belonging to a major kingdom of life. Use this when someone asks about \. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ITIS MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ITIS MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_by_kingdom: 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 ITIS MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_by_kingdom 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 search_by_kingdom 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 search_by_kingdom. 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.
search_by_kingdom is provided by the ITIS MCP Server MCP server (knustx/itis-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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