discover_races
AI agents call discover_races to retrieve information from ProCyclingStats MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool discovers or lists races from ProCyclingStats, which is a read-only query operation. The empty description and sibling tools (get_race_overview, get_race_startlist, get_rider_profile, get_stage_results, search_pcs) all follow read patterns. No modification, deletion, execution, or financial operations are possible.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'discover_races' and server context (retrieves professional cycling data for race discovery) indicate data retrieval with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
discover_races. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ProCyclingStats MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ProCyclingStats MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for discover_races: 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 ProCyclingStats MCP Server. Nothing to install.
discover_races 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 discover_races 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 discover_races. 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.
discover_races is provided by the ProCyclingStats MCP Server MCP server (lewis-mcgillion/procyclingstats-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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