AI agents call venue_history to retrieve information from Mcp Phish without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool name suggests it retrieves historical information about venues—a lookup/query operation with no side effects. It aligns with the Read category as part of a music/concert data API. Confidence is moderate (0.7) due to empty description, but the naming pattern and context of a music API strongly suggest a non-destructive read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'venue_history' with no description provided. Based on naming convention and context from sibling tools (get_audio, get_reviews, get_show, etc.), which are all data retrieval operations, this appears to be a read-only query tool that retrieves…
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venue_history. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Phish MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Phish MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for venue_history: 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 Mcp Phish. Nothing to install.
venue_history 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 venue_history 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 venue_history. 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.
venue_history is provided by the Mcp Phish MCP server (pete-builds/mcp-phish). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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