Find law firms and their engagements across multiple companies. Unlike get_counsel which shows
AI agents call get_counsel_cross_company to retrieve information from Signal8 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 and retrieves publicly available SEC filing information about law firm engagements—a read-only operation. It has no ability to modify data, execute code, delete records, or commit financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an agent could retrieve unnecessary counsel data but cannot cause operational harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_counsel_cross_company' and description 'Find law firms and their engagements across multiple companies' indicates data retrieval with no modification or destructive action.
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Find law firms and their engagements across multiple companies. Unlike get_counsel which shows. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Signal8 MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Signal8 MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_counsel_cross_company: 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 Signal8 MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_counsel_cross_company 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_counsel_cross_company 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_counsel_cross_company. 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_counsel_cross_company is provided by the Signal8 MCP Server MCP server (signal8ai/signal8-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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