Get review summary statistics for a Steam app: total positive/negative counts, review score, and score description. No individual reviews returned. No API key required.
AI agents call steam_getAppReviewSummary to retrieve information from Steam MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a simple data retrieval operation on Steam's public review statistics. It returns aggregated counts and scores with no side effects, no data modification, and no ability to trigger external operations or delete/overwrite data. It is a straightforward read operation on publicly available information.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'review summary statistics' and explicitly states 'No individual reviews returned' and 'No API key required'. It queries aggregated public data without modifying state.
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Get review summary statistics for a Steam app: total positive/negative counts, review score, and score description. No individual reviews returned. No API key required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Steam MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Steam MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for steam_getAppReviewSummary: 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 Steam MCP Server. Nothing to install.
steam_getAppReviewSummary 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 steam_getAppReviewSummary 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 steam_getAppReviewSummary. 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.
steam_getAppReviewSummary is provided by the Steam MCP Server MCP server (tmhsdigital/steam-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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