Get concept relationships
AI agents call get_concept_relationships to retrieve information from SNOMED CT 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 concept relationships from a medical terminology database. There are no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no irreversible actions. It is a pure data retrieval operation, consistent with sibling tools like 'get_concept', 'get_concept_children', and 'get_concept_parents', which are all Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_concept_relationships' and description 'Get concept relationships' indicate data retrieval without modification. The tool retrieves relationship data from SNOMED CT medical terminology, which is a read-only query operation.
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Get concept relationships. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SNOMED CT MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SNOMED CT MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_concept_relationships: 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 SNOMED CT MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_concept_relationships 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_concept_relationships 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_concept_relationships. 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_concept_relationships is provided by the SNOMED CT MCP Server MCP server (orglance/snomed-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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