Search ProCyclingStats for riders, races, or teams.
AI agents call search_pcs 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.
This tool retrieves and queries data from ProCyclingStats without side effects. It matches the Read category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch)'. The search function returns information only and cannot modify, delete, or execute operations. Severity is low because misuse poses minimal risk—an agent querying cycling data causes no harm or blast radius.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'search_pcs' and description states it 'Search[es] ProCyclingStats for riders, races, or teams' — a query/search operation with no data modification, deletion, or execution of external commands.
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Search ProCyclingStats for riders, races, or teams. 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 search_pcs: 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.
search_pcs 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_pcs 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_pcs. 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_pcs 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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