get_top_donors
AI agents call get_top_donors to retrieve information from FEC Campaign Finance MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves donor information from public FEC databases with no mutation, deletion, or execution capability. Campaign finance data is publicly available. The operation is read-only with no side effects or blast radius if misused by an AI agent—it simply returns existing public records.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_top_donors' and server context (OpenFEC API for campaign finance investigation) indicate data retrieval.
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get_top_donors. It is categorised as a Read tool in the FEC Campaign Finance MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the FEC Campaign Finance MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_top_donors: 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 FEC Campaign Finance MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_top_donors 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_top_donors 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_top_donors. 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_top_donors is provided by the FEC Campaign Finance MCP Server MCP server (reichaves/fec-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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