Gets the current weather for a location
AI agents call getWeather to retrieve information from Mcp Registry Registry without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves weather data for a specified location. It performs a read-only query without creating, modifying, deleting, executing arbitrary code, or involving financial transactions. The worst-case misuse (e.g., repeated calls) causes only minor resource consumption, not security breaches or data loss.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getWeather' and description 'Gets the current weather for a location' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
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Gets the current weather for a location. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Registry Registry MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Registry Registry MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getWeather: 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 Mcp Registry Registry. Nothing to install.
getWeather 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 getWeather 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 getWeather. 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.
getWeather is provided by the Mcp Registry Registry MCP server (@mastra/mcp-registry-registry). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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