Get a lobbying client (organization that hires lobbyists).
AI agents call get_lobby_client 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 information about organizations that hire lobbyists - it queries existing public data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. Lobbying client information is typically public record data. No arguments are specified that would allow code execution or data modification. The operation has no side effects on the underlying systems.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get a lobbying client' which retrieves public legislative and lobbying data. The sibling tools in context (get_bill, get_bill_amendments, get_bill_history, get_bill_lobby_positions) are all retrieval operations with no side effects.
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Get a lobbying client (organization that hires lobbyists). 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_lobby_client: 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_lobby_client 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_lobby_client 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_lobby_client. 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_lobby_client 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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