Get information about a Swiss NABEL air quality monitoring station, including location, environment type, Swiss legal limits (LRV), and a direct link to the BAFU live data portal. Use station codes from list_air_quality_stations (e.g. BER=Bern, ZUE=Zürich, LUG=Lugano).
AI agents call get_air_quality to retrieve information from Mcp Swiss 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 air quality data from Swiss monitoring stations with no capability to modify, delete, or execute operations. The description focuses on information retrieval (location, environment type, links to data portal), fitting the Read category definition of 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects'. Zero risk of misuse for data modification or destructive operations.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Get information about...air quality monitoring station' with retrieval of location, environment type, and links. No modifications, deletions, or side effects mentioned.
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Get information about a Swiss NABEL air quality monitoring station, including location, environment type, Swiss legal limits (LRV), and a direct link to the BAFU live data portal. Use station codes from list_air_quality_stations (e.g. BER=Bern, ZUE=Zürich, LUG=Lugano). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Swiss MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Swiss MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_air_quality: 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 Swiss. Nothing to install.
get_air_quality 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 get_air_quality 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 get_air_quality. 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.
get_air_quality is provided by the Mcp Swiss MCP server (mcp-swiss). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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