Get settlement country regions (регіонів) for a specific area via Address/getSettlementCountryRegion (doc 1.3). Returns list of regions within an administrative area. Requires areaRef parameter. Docs recommend caching for 12 hours.
AI agents call address_get_settlement_country_region to retrieve information from Novaposhta without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries geographical/administrative data from the Nova Poshta API and returns results without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is purely informational retrieval, making it a Read category tool with low severity risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Returns list of regions' and 'Get settlement country regions' — a retrieval operation with no modification capability. The 'areaRef parameter' is a query input.
Risk signalsAdmin/system-level operation
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get settlement country regions (регіонів) for a specific area via Address/getSettlementCountryRegion (doc 1.3). Returns list of regions within an administrative area. Requires areaRef parameter. Docs recommend caching for 12 hours. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Novaposhta MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Novaposhta MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for address_get_settlement_country_region: 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 Novaposhta. Nothing to install.
address_get_settlement_country_region 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 address_get_settlement_country_region 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 address_get_settlement_country_region. 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.
address_get_settlement_country_region is provided by the Novaposhta MCP server (@shopana/novaposhta-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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