Search UK government technology standards by query, with optional filtering by category and organisation
AI agents call search_uk_gov_standards 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 queries and retrieves information about UK government technology standards. It performs a search operation with optional filtering parameters, which is a read-only data retrieval action with no side effects. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_uk_gov_standards' and description 'Search UK government technology standards by query, with optional filtering' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or execution capabilities.
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Search UK government technology standards by query, with optional filtering by category and organisation. 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 search_uk_gov_standards: 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.
search_uk_gov_standards 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 search_uk_gov_standards 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 search_uk_gov_standards. 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.
search_uk_gov_standards 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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