Get recent news articles for a Steam app. Returns titles, URLs, contents, dates, and authors. No API key required.
AI agents call steam_getNewsForApp 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 queries publicly available Steam app news data and returns it without side effects. It performs a simple read operation equivalent to fetching published news, which carries minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'recent news articles for a Steam app' with 'titles, URLs, contents, dates, and authors' — purely informational data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
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Get recent news articles for a Steam app. Returns titles, URLs, contents, dates, and authors. 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_getNewsForApp: 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_getNewsForApp 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_getNewsForApp 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_getNewsForApp. 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_getNewsForApp 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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