get_news_by_date
AI agents call get_news_by_date to retrieve information from TrendRadar without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves news data filtered by date from the TrendRadar aggregator. Despite the description being empty, the naming convention and context of sibling read-only tools strongly indicate this is a simple data retrieval operation with no side effects. There is no evidence of data modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_news_by_date' and sibling tools 'get_latest_news', 'get_trending_topics', 'get_current_config', 'get_storage_status', 'get_system_status' all follow a 'get_*' pattern indicating read-only retrieval operations.
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get_news_by_date. It is categorised as a Read tool in the TrendRadar MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the TrendRadar MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_news_by_date: 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 TrendRadar. Nothing to install.
get_news_by_date 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_news_by_date 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_news_by_date. 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_news_by_date is provided by the TrendRadar MCP server (ssdsalesman/trendradar). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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