Get API usage and rate limit information.
AI agents call get_usage to retrieve information from Sure 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 usage and rate limit data from the Sure finance platform API. It is a read-only operation that returns informational metadata about API consumption. There are no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no financial operations. The worst-case misuse would be information disclosure of usage patterns, which poses minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_usage' and description 'Get API usage and rate limit information' indicate a data retrieval operation with no modification or execution of external systems.
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Get API usage and rate limit information. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sure MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sure MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_usage: 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 Sure MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_usage 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_usage 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_usage. 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_usage is provided by the Sure MCP Server MCP server (robcerda/sure-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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