Get leagues for a sport. Returns league name, slug, and active event count.
AI agents call get_leagues 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 retrieves and queries league metadata from the Odds-API service. It performs no data modification, deletion, or execution of code/commands. The output is purely informational (league names, slugs, event counts). The broader server context shows sports betting odds data access, which is financial data but the tool itself only reads/retrieves it without moving money or committing financial obligations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_leagues' and description 'Get leagues for a sport. Returns league name, slug, and active event count' indicate a read-only retrieval operation with no side effects.
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Get leagues for a sport. Returns league name, slug, and active event count. 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_leagues: 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_leagues 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_leagues 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_leagues. 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_leagues 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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