Convert a PLSS (Public Land Survey System) or Texas TXSS legal land description to GPS coordinates.
AI agents call plss_to_coordinates to retrieve information from Townshipamerica without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and transforms existing geospatial data (PLSS descriptions) into coordinate format. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute arbitrary code. The operation is read-only and deterministic, returning coordinate data derived from input. No reversible or irreversible modifications occur, and no financial or command execution is involved.
From the tool's definition Tool 'plss_to_coordinates' converts a PLSS legal description to GPS coordinates—a retrieval and transformation operation with no side effects, data modification, or external execution.
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Convert a PLSS (Public Land Survey System) or Texas TXSS legal land description to GPS coordinates. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Townshipamerica MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Townshipamerica MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for plss_to_coordinates: 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 Townshipamerica. Nothing to install.
plss_to_coordinates 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 plss_to_coordinates 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 plss_to_coordinates. 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.
plss_to_coordinates is provided by the Townshipamerica MCP server (townshipamerica/python-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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