Get your top artists for a specified time period. Returns artists ranked by play count including: - Artist name and Spotify ID - Total play count - Total listening time Example queries: -
AI agents call get_top_artists to retrieve information from Your Spotify MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a straightforward query operation that accesses historical listening analytics from the user's Spotify data. No data is created, modified, deleted, or any external actions are triggered. The information returned is already known to the user (their own listening history) and poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves listening statistics (top artists, play counts, listening time) without modifying any data. Description uses 'Get' and 'Returns', indicating data retrieval only.
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Get your top artists for a specified time period. Returns artists ranked by play count including: - Artist name and Spotify ID - Total play count - Total listening time Example queries: -. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Your Spotify MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Your Spotify MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_top_artists: 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 Your Spotify MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_top_artists 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_top_artists 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_top_artists. 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_top_artists is provided by the Your Spotify MCP Server MCP server (pentafive/your-spotify-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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