Get all hearings for a specific bill.
AI agents call get_bill_hearings to retrieve information from Umbrella Terminal MCP 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 public legislative data about bill hearings. It performs no write operations, does not execute code or commands, does not delete data, and does not involve financial transactions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_bill_hearings' and description 'Get all hearings for a specific bill' indicate retrieval of public legislative hearing information with no modification, deletion, or execution of external actions.
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Get all hearings for a specific bill. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Umbrella Terminal MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Umbrella Terminal MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_bill_hearings: 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 Umbrella Terminal MCP. Nothing to install.
get_bill_hearings 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_bill_hearings 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_bill_hearings. 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_bill_hearings is provided by the Umbrella Terminal MCP server (theblackcompany/umbrella_terminal_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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