Get weather alerts for a US state.
AI agents call get_alerts to retrieve information from Weather 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 weather alert data for a specified US state. It is a read-only operation that queries existing data and presents it to the user with no side effects, data modification, or irreversible consequences. The low severity reflects the minimal risk—weather alerts are informational content publicly available through legitimate weather services.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_alerts' and description 'Get weather alerts for a US state' indicate a retrieval operation that queries and returns weather alert information without modifying, executing external commands, or causing destructive actions.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get weather alerts for a US state. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Weather MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Weather MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_alerts: 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 Weather MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_alerts 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_alerts 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_alerts. 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_alerts is provided by the Weather MCP Server MCP server (roblopez-qz/mcp-hack). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get_alerts is one line of Weather MCP Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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