🎯 FIND RELATED DOCUMENTS IN SPECIFIC COLLECTION. More targeted than general
AI agents call related_collection to retrieve information from Gov info api without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or searches for related documents within a collection, which is a read-only query operation with no side effects. It matches the Read category profile: it fetches/searches data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. The low severity reflects minimal risk if misused—an agent could only retrieve excessive amounts of public government information, not modify or delete it.
From the tool's definition Tool is described as 'FIND RELATED DOCUMENTS IN SPECIFIC COLLECTION' with purpose to retrieve/query data. All sibling tools (collections, collections_search, package_granulates, published, rate_limit_status, etc.) are read-only query operations against a…
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🎯 FIND RELATED DOCUMENTS IN SPECIFIC COLLECTION. More targeted than general. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gov info api MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Gov info api MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for related_collection: 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 Gov info api. Nothing to install.
related_collection 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 related_collection 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 related_collection. 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.
related_collection is provided by the Gov info api MCP server (n00dlefr34k/gov-info-api-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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