democracy_list_vote_dates
AI agents call democracy_list_vote_dates to retrieve information from Pypi:swiss Democracy without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The 'list' verb in the tool name combined with its siblings on this democracy data server indicates this tool retrieves or enumerates historical vote dates from the Swiss democracy dataset. No description is provided, lowering confidence slightly, but the naming pattern and context clearly establish this as a read-only data retrieval operation with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'democracy_list_vote_dates' combined with sibling tools like 'democracy_bfs_list_vote_dates' and 'democracy_polis_list_votations' which are clearly retrieval operations. The 'list' action indicates enumeration/querying without modification.
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democracy_list_vote_dates. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pypi:swiss Democracy MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pypi:swiss Democracy MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for democracy_list_vote_dates: 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 Pypi:swiss Democracy. Nothing to install.
democracy_list_vote_dates 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 democracy_list_vote_dates 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 democracy_list_vote_dates. 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.
democracy_list_vote_dates is provided by the Pypi:swiss Democracy MCP server (pypi:swiss-democracy-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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