Get weather forecast for up to 5 days
AI agents call get-weather-forecast to retrieve information from OpenWeatherMap 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 forecast data from the OpenWeatherMap API. It has no side effects—it does not modify data, execute code, delete resources, or commit financial obligations. The operation is purely informational, making it a Read category tool with low severity since weather data retrieval poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-weather-forecast' and description 'Get weather forecast for up to 5 days' indicate a retrieval operation that queries weather data without modifying, executing, deleting, or creating any resources.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get weather forecast for up to 5 days. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OpenWeatherMap MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OpenWeatherMap MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-weather-forecast: 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 OpenWeatherMap MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get-weather-forecast 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-weather-forecast 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-weather-forecast. 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-weather-forecast is provided by the OpenWeatherMap MCP Server MCP server (robertn702/mcp-openweathermap). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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