Convert a street address or place name into geographic coordinates. Returns up to 'limit' candidate results with coordinates, formatted address, address components, confidence score, and provider name. The optional 'country' parameter biases (but does not strictly filter) results toward the given...
AI agents call geocode_address to retrieve information from loc8n Geographic Data without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | — | Maximum number of results to return (1-10, default 5). |
address | string | Yes | The address or place name to geocode (minimum 3 characters). |
country | string | — | 2-letter uppercase ISO 3166-1 country code to bias results (e.g., 'US'). Biases but does not strictly filter — results from other countries may appear. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool retrieves geographic coordinate data based on address input. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The output is read-only geographic reference data. This is a classic Read operation: a query that returns structured geographic information without altering any state.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Convert[s] a street address or place name into geographic coordinates' and 'Returns...coordinates, formatted address, address components, confidence score, and provider name.' The verb 'Convert' and 'Returns' indicate data…
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Convert a street address or place name into geographic coordinates. Returns up to 'limit' candidate results with coordinates, formatted address, address components, confidence score, and provider name. The optional 'country' parameter biases (but does not strictly filter) results toward the given country. It is categorised as a Read tool in the loc8n Geographic Data MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
geocode_address accepts 3 parameters: limit, address, country. Required: address. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the loc8n Geographic Data MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for geocode_address: 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 loc8n Geographic Data. Nothing to install.
geocode_address 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 geocode_address 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 geocode_address. 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.
geocode_address is provided by the loc8n Geographic Data MCP server (gener8v/gener8v.mcp.geographic-data). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
geocode_address is one line of loc8n Geographic Data's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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