Look up reputation score(s) for one or more URLs.
AI agents call lookup_url_reputation to retrieve information from Pangea 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 reputation data about URLs without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is purely informational and read-only in nature, fitting the Read category with low severity as misuse would only expose reputation metadata without side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'lookup_url_reputation' and description 'Look up reputation score(s) for one or more URLs' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no data modification, deletion, or execution of external actions.
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Look up reputation score(s) for one or more URLs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pangea MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pangea MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for lookup_url_reputation: 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 Pangea MCP Server. Nothing to install.
lookup_url_reputation 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 lookup_url_reputation 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 lookup_url_reputation. 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.
lookup_url_reputation is provided by the Pangea MCP Server MCP server (pangeacyber/pangea-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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