Get odds updated since a Unix timestamp for a bookmaker and sport. The timestamp must be at most 1 minute old. Useful for efficient polling.
AI agents call get_updated_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 retrieves/queries odds data for a specific bookmaker and sport since a given timestamp. It performs a read-only operation with no ability to modify, delete, or execute external code. The constraint that 'timestamp must be at most 1 minute old' indicates efficient polling of already-public betting data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_updated_odds' and description 'Get odds updated since a Unix timestamp' — explicitly a retrieval operation that queries sports betting odds data with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get odds updated since a Unix timestamp for a bookmaker and sport. The timestamp must be at most 1 minute old. Useful for efficient polling. 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_updated_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_updated_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_updated_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_updated_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_updated_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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