search_pacs
AI agents call search_pacs 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 queries publicly available FEC data about Political Action Committees. The 'search' operation indicates data retrieval only. No side effects, modifications, deletions, code execution, or financial transactions occur. The sibling tools confirm a read-only pattern across the server. Even though the description is empty, the naming convention and server context make the intent clear.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_pacs' and sibling tools (search_candidates, search_contributions, get_campaign_expenditures, get_top_donors) all retrieve public campaign finance data with no modification capabilities.
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search_pacs. 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 search_pacs: 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.
search_pacs 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 search_pacs 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 search_pacs. 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.
search_pacs 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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