Get the latest wire feed items from The Agent Times. Short, timestamped news items with source links.
AI agents call get_wire_feed to retrieve information from The Agent Times 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 and queries news data without side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, execute commands, or move money. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could spam requests or scrape content, but cannot damage systems or data. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] the latest wire feed items' with 'source links' — pure data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution capability. Verb is 'get', a classic read operation.
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Get the latest wire feed items from The Agent Times. Short, timestamped news items with source links. It is categorised as a Read tool in the The Agent Times MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the The Agent Times MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_wire_feed: 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 The Agent Times MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_wire_feed 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_wire_feed 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_wire_feed. 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_wire_feed is provided by the The Agent Times MCP Server MCP server (theagenttimes/tat-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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