Get closing odds and final scores for a finished event from selected bookmakers.
AI agents call get_historical_odds to retrieve information from Odds-API MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only queries and retrieves historical sports betting data. It performs a simple data retrieval operation analogous to a SELECT query. There are no side effects, no code execution, no destructive operations, and no financial operations. The data returned is read-only historical information about completed events. This is a straightforward Read category tool with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'closing odds and final scores for a finished event' - purely a data query operation with no side effects, no modifications, no executions, and no financial transactions.
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Get closing odds and final scores for a finished event from selected bookmakers. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Odds-API MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Odds-API MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_historical_odds: 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 Odds-API MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_historical_odds 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_historical_odds 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_historical_odds. 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_historical_odds is provided by the Odds-API MCP Server MCP server (odds-api-io/odds-api-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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