List the NEXT free games coming to the Epic Games Store (announced upcoming giveaways), with the date each becomes free.
AI agents call epic_free_games_upcoming to retrieve information from Epic Gog Free Games 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 publicly available information about upcoming free game giveaways from the Epic Games Store. It performs no data modification, deletion, code execution, or financial transactions. The read-only nature of the server and the purely informational purpose of listing upcoming games places this firmly in the Read category with minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'List[s] the NEXT free games' - a retrieval operation with no side effects. Server description confirms 'read-only MCP server' that uses 'public endpoints, without requiring any account or credentials.'
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List the NEXT free games coming to the Epic Games Store (announced upcoming giveaways), with the date each becomes free. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Epic Gog Free Games MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Epic Gog Free Games MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for epic_free_games_upcoming: 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 Epic Gog Free Games. Nothing to install.
epic_free_games_upcoming 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 epic_free_games_upcoming 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 epic_free_games_upcoming. 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.
epic_free_games_upcoming is provided by the Epic Gog Free Games MCP server (ontarget600/epic-gog-free-games-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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