AI agents call get_event_teams_simple to retrieve information from Tba without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns team information for a specific event. It performs read-only operations on public sports competition data (The Blue Alliance is a FIRST Robotics database), with no capability to modify, delete, or execute actions. The lighter variant indicates it's optimized for data retrieval only.
From the tool's definition Tool name includes 'get_' and description states 'List teams competing at an event' with 'reduced team fields' — purely data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List teams competing at an event with reduced team fields (key, team_number, nickname, name, location). Lighter than get_event_teams. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tba MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Tba MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_event_teams_simple: 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 Tba. Nothing to install.
get_event_teams_simple 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_event_teams_simple 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_event_teams_simple. 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_event_teams_simple is provided by the Tba MCP server (@withinfocus/tba-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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