edinburgh_festival_events

WHAT IT DOES

What edinburgh_festival_events does on Edinburgh Festivals MCP Server

AI agents call edinburgh_festival_events to retrieve information from Edinburgh Festivals MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why edinburgh_festival_events needs a policy

This tool retrieves event information from the Edinburgh Festivals API with no indication of side effects, data modification, deletion, or external operations. The ability to query historical data further confirms read-only access. The low severity reflects minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent—retrieving public festival event information poses no security, financial, or destructive risk.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'edinburgh_festival_events' combined with server context describing 'querying the Edinburgh Festivals API to retrieve information about events' indicates a data retrieval operation.

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Questions about edinburgh_festival_events

What does the edinburgh_festival_events tool do? +

edinburgh_festival_events. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Edinburgh Festivals MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on edinburgh_festival_events? +

Register the Edinburgh Festivals MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for edinburgh_festival_events: 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 Edinburgh Festivals MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is edinburgh_festival_events? +

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

Can I rate-limit edinburgh_festival_events? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the edinburgh_festival_events 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 edinburgh_festival_events completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for edinburgh_festival_events. 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 edinburgh_festival_events? +

edinburgh_festival_events is provided by the Edinburgh Festivals MCP Server MCP server (richarda23/edfest-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.