AI agents call get_icc_rankings to retrieve information from Cricket without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves cricket ranking data from an external source (likely ICC rankings). The 'get_' prefix and sibling tools (get_cricket_news, get_player_stats, get_match_details) all follow a read-only pattern. No modifications, deletions, executions, or financial operations are implied.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_icc_rankings' indicates retrieval of ICC cricket rankings data. Server description states it fetches cricket data including 'player statistics' and related information.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_icc_rankings gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Cricket, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_icc_rankings:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_icc_rankings": {}
}
}get_icc_rankings is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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get_icc_rankings. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cricket MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cricket MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_icc_rankings: 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 Cricket. Nothing to install.
get_icc_rankings 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_icc_rankings 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_icc_rankings. 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_icc_rankings is provided by the Cricket MCP server (tarun7r/cricket-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Cricket, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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