Latest long-form spaceflight mission reports (longer than standard news articles), newest first. Keyless.
AI agents call latest_reports to retrieve information from Spaceflight News MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | number | — | Max reports to return (default 10, max 25). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool retrieves and queries spaceflight mission report data without performing any side effects, modifications, or irreversible actions. It is a straightforward data retrieval mechanism that fits the Read category. The severity is low because accessing historical spaceflight news reports poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description indicates it 'Latest long-form spaceflight mission reports' and retrieves data 'newest first' with no indication of modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Latest long-form spaceflight mission reports (longer than standard news articles), newest first. Keyless. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Spaceflight News MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
latest_reports accepts 1 parameter: limit. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Spaceflight News MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for latest_reports: 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 Spaceflight News MCP. Nothing to install.
latest_reports 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 latest_reports 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 latest_reports. 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.
latest_reports is provided by the Spaceflight News MCP server (pipeworx-io/mcp-spaceflight-news). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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