Find sports programs by gender
AI agents call get_sport_by_gender to retrieve information from OSU MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only lookup of sports program information filtered by gender. It retrieves pre-existing data with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations. No side effects or risk of data alteration. Consistent with sibling tools like 'get_athletics_all' and 'get_academic_calendar' which are standard informational queries.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_sport_by_gender' and description 'Find sports programs by gender' indicate a retrieval operation that queries existing data about OSU athletics offerings.
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Find sports programs by gender. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OSU MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OSU MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_sport_by_gender: 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 OSU MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_sport_by_gender 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_sport_by_gender 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_sport_by_gender. 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_sport_by_gender is provided by the OSU MCP Server MCP server (sichengchen/ohio-state-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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