active_alerts

Active Environment Canada weather alerts (warnings, watches, statements) across Canada, optionally filtered near a point. Returns alert name, type, risk colour, affected area, province, effective/expiry times and a text excerpt. Example: latitude 43.65, longitude -79.38 for Toronto-area alerts. K...

Server Mcp Weather Gc Ca https://gateway.pipeworx.io/weather-gc-ca/mcp
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 30 required

What active_alerts does on Mcp Weather Gc Ca

AI agents call active_alerts to retrieve information from Mcp Weather Gc Ca without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
limit number Max alerts to return (default 10, max 30).
latitude number Optional latitude — if both latitude and longitude are given, alerts are filtered to a ±2° box around the point.
longitude number Optional longitude (used with latitude).

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

Why active_alerts needs a policy

This is a pure data retrieval operation that queries live weather alert information from a public API. There are no side effects, no modifications to data, no code execution, no destructive actions, and no financial impact. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could at worst retrieve or display incorrect alert information, but cannot cause harm via this read-only interface.

From the tool's definition The tool retrieves and returns Environment Canada weather alerts (warnings, watches, statements) with metadata such as alert name, type, risk colour, affected area, province, and times.

Questions about active_alerts

What does the active_alerts tool do? +

Active Environment Canada weather alerts (warnings, watches, statements) across Canada, optionally filtered near a point. Returns alert name, type, risk colour, affected area, province, effective/expiry times and a text excerpt. Example: latitude 43.65, longitude -79.38 for Toronto-area alerts. Keyless, official ECCC data. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Weather Gc Ca MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does active_alerts accept? +

active_alerts accepts 3 parameters: limit, latitude, longitude. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on active_alerts? +

Register the Mcp Weather Gc Ca MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for active_alerts: 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 Weather Gc Ca. Nothing to install.

What risk level is active_alerts? +

active_alerts is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit active_alerts? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the active_alerts 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.

How do I block active_alerts completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for active_alerts. 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.

What MCP server provides active_alerts? +

active_alerts is provided by the Mcp Weather Gc Ca MCP server (https://gateway.pipeworx.io/weather-gc-ca/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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