CDC PLACES frequent mental distress (FMD) benchmark.
AI agents call get_mental_health_benchmark to retrieve information from Wellness Pulse without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves benchmark data from a public health dataset (CDC PLACES). It performs a read-only query operation returning comparative mental health metrics. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The tool has minimal blast radius—misuse would only return existing benchmark data, not cause harm to systems or data integrity. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_mental_health_benchmark' and description 'CDC PLACES frequent mental distress (FMD) benchmark' indicate data retrieval.
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CDC PLACES frequent mental distress (FMD) benchmark. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Wellness Pulse MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Wellness Pulse MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_mental_health_benchmark: 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 Wellness Pulse. Nothing to install.
get_mental_health_benchmark 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_mental_health_benchmark 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_mental_health_benchmark. 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_mental_health_benchmark is provided by the Wellness Pulse MCP server (prmail/wellness-pulse). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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