get_politician_donors

Get the paginated list of campaign donors (individuals and PACs) for a single politician

Server Signal8 MCP Server signal8ai/signal8-mcp
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What get_politician_donors does on Signal8 MCP Server

AI agents call get_politician_donors 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.

Why get_politician_donors needs a policy

This tool retrieves publicly available political donation records. It performs a read-only query operation with no side effects, no data modification, and no code execution. Campaign donor information is public record in most jurisdictions. The operation returns paginated data without any capability to alter, delete, or trigger external actions.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_politician_donors' and description 'Get the paginated list of campaign donors (individuals and PACs) for a single politician' both indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution.

Questions about get_politician_donors

What does the get_politician_donors tool do? +

Get the paginated list of campaign donors (individuals and PACs) for a single politician. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Signal8 MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_politician_donors? +

Register the Signal8 MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_politician_donors: 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.

What risk level is get_politician_donors? +

get_politician_donors is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get_politician_donors? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_politician_donors 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.

How do I block get_politician_donors completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_politician_donors. 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.

What MCP server provides get_politician_donors? +

get_politician_donors 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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