League standings / table: win-loss records, win %, games behind (and points/draws for soccer), grouped by conference/division. PREFER for "NBA standings", "Premier League table", "NFL division standings", "who is leading <league>". Common sport/league pairs: football/nfl, football/college-footbal...
AI agents call get_standings to retrieve information from Mcp Espn without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
sport | string | Yes | Sport, e.g. 'basketball', 'soccer'. |
league | string | Yes | League slug, e.g. 'nba', 'eng.1'. |
season | number | — | Optional 4-digit season year (e.g. 2025). Default = current season. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool only queries and returns sports standings data from ESPN's public API. It retrieves existing information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—misuse would only surface incorrect standings information, posing no financial, destructive, or operational risk.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it retrieves 'League standings / table: win-loss records, win %, games behind'. The verb 'PREFER for' followed by read-only queries ('NBA standings', 'Premier League table', 'who is leading') confirms pure data retrieval with no side…
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League standings / table: win-loss records, win %, games behind (and points/draws for soccer), grouped by conference/division. PREFER for "NBA standings", "Premier League table", "NFL division standings", "who is leading <league>". Common sport/league pairs: football/nfl, football/college-football, basketball/nba, basketball/wnba, basketball/mens-college-basketball, baseball/mlb, hockey/nhl, soccer/eng.1 (Premier League), soccer/usa.1 (MLS), soccer/esp.1 (La Liga), soccer/uefa.champions (Champions League). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Espn MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
get_standings accepts 3 parameters: sport, league, season. Required: sport, league. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Mcp Espn MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_standings: 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 Espn. Nothing to install.
get_standings 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_standings 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_standings. 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_standings is provided by the Mcp Espn MCP server (pipeworx-io/mcp-espn). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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