Get the news headlines for a specific keyword and date
AI agents call get_news_today to retrieve information from Weather and Stock Information 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 news headline information based on search parameters (keyword and date). It performs no write operations, does not execute code or commands, does not delete data, and involves no financial transactions. The operation is a simple read-only query with no side effects, making it a low-severity Read category tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_news_today' and description 'Get the news headlines for a specific keyword and date' indicate data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations. This is a straightforward query operation.
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Get the news headlines for a specific keyword and date. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Weather and Stock Information MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Weather and Stock Information MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_news_today: 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 and Stock Information MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_news_today 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_today 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_today. 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_today is provided by the Weather and Stock Information MCP Server MCP server (suraj2906/mcpserver). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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