Get term interest scores — composite rankings showing which terms resonate most.
AI agents call get_interest to retrieve information from Phenomenai without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns aggregated interest/ranking data about glossary terms. It performs no data modification, deletion, or external execution. The operation is a simple retrieval of existing metrics, making it a Read category tool with low severity since misuse would only expose analytical data without side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_interest' and description 'Get term interest scores — composite rankings showing which terms resonate most' indicate a read-only operation that retrieves pre-computed interest metrics without modifying data.
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Get term interest scores — composite rankings showing which terms resonate most. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Phenomenai MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Phenomenai MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_interest: 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 Phenomenai. Nothing to install.
get_interest 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_interest 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_interest. 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_interest is provided by the Phenomenai MCP server (phenomenai-org/ai-dictionary-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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