Get the latest normalized crypto headlines and breaking news items in chronological order.
AI agents call get_latest_headlines to retrieve information from Followin MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a straightforward data retrieval operation. The tool fetches and presents news headlines to the user without causing any side effects, modifications to data, or triggering external operations. It is a passive read-only query against a news feed database. Severity is low because misuse by an AI agent would only result in excessive queries or information disclosure, not data loss or operational harm.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'latest normalized crypto headlines and breaking news items in chronological order' with no indication of data modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
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Get the latest normalized crypto headlines and breaking news items in chronological order. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Followin MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Followin MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_latest_headlines: 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 Followin MCP. Nothing to install.
get_latest_headlines 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_latest_headlines 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_latest_headlines. 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_latest_headlines is provided by the Followin MCP server (qinshoudawang/crypto-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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