Get government contract awards for a ticker symbol.
AI agents call get_gov_contracts to retrieve information from Quiver Quantitative MCP Server 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 government contract information—a read-only operation with no destructive, financial transaction, or execution capabilities. The data accessed is historical public information about contract awards. While the data could inform financial decisions, the tool itself performs no financial transactions or irreversible actions. Low severity due to minimal blast radius from misuse.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_gov_contracts' and description 'Get government contract awards for a ticker symbol' indicate retrieval/query of existing contract data with no modification or side effects.
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Get government contract awards for a ticker symbol. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Quiver Quantitative MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Quiver Quantitative MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_gov_contracts: 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 Quiver Quantitative MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_gov_contracts 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_gov_contracts 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_gov_contracts. 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_gov_contracts is provided by the Quiver Quantitative MCP Server MCP server (nimblebraininc/mcp-quiver). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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