get_status

Retrieve TBA API status: current FRC season, max season available, datafeed health flag, list of currently down event keys, max team page index, and minimum/latest mobile app versions for iOS and Android. Useful for sanity-checking the API, discovering season bounds, and detecting outages before ...

Server Tba @withinfocus/tba-mcp-server
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What get_status does on Tba

AI agents call get_status 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.

Why get_status needs a policy

This tool only retrieves and returns status metadata about the TBA API and current FRC season state. It performs no data modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations. The retrieval of status information is a read-only operation with no side effects or blast radius risk.

From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'Retrieve[s]' API status information and is 'Useful for sanity-checking the API' — purely informational queries with no side effects.

Questions about get_status

What does the get_status tool do? +

Retrieve TBA API status: current FRC season, max season available, datafeed health flag, list of currently down event keys, max team page index, and minimum/latest mobile app versions for iOS and Android. Useful for sanity-checking the API, discovering season bounds, and detecting outages before issuing other queries. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tba MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_status? +

Register the Tba MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_status: 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.

What risk level is get_status? +

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

Can I rate-limit get_status? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_status 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_status completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_status. 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_status? +

get_status 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.

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