Get recently updated UK government standards
AI agents call get_recent_updates to retrieve information from UK Government Technology Standards MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries data without any side effects. There is no capability to modify, delete, execute code, or commit financial obligations. The worst-case misuse would be unwanted information access to publicly available standards data, which poses minimal risk.
From the tool's definition The tool name and description indicate it 'Get[s] recently updated UK government standards' - a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of code.
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Get recently updated UK government standards. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UK Government Technology Standards MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the UK Government Technology Standards MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_recent_updates: 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 UK Government Technology Standards MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_recent_updates 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_recent_updates 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_recent_updates. 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_recent_updates is provided by the UK Government Technology Standards MCP Server MCP server (Atksz98/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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