Low Risk

get_asean_climate

Get climate information for ASEAN member states including average temperatures, rainfall, monsoon seasons, and natural hazards. Covers all 10 ASEAN countries. Use this tool when you need regional climate data for Southeast Asia for travel, business, or research purposes.

Part of the Sg Weather Data MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.

AI agents call get_asean_climate to retrieve information from Sg Weather Data without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.

Even though get_asean_climate only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.

Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.

vdineshk-sg-weather-data-mcp.yaml
tools:
  get_asean_climate:
    rules:
      - action: allow

See the full Sg Weather Data policy for all 4 tools.

Tool Name get_asean_climate
Category Read
Risk Level Low

Agents calling read-class tools like get_asean_climate have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:

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Other tools in the Read risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, allow) apply to each.

What does the get_asean_climate tool do? +

Get climate information for ASEAN member states including average temperatures, rainfall, monsoon seasons, and natural hazards. Covers all 10 ASEAN countries. Use this tool when you need regional climate data for Southeast Asia for travel, business, or research purposes.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sg Weather Data MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_asean_climate? +

Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for get_asean_climate. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Sg Weather Data MCP server.

What risk level is get_asean_climate? +

get_asean_climate is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get_asean_climate? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_asean_climate rule in your Intercept 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.

How do I block get_asean_climate completely? +

Set action: deny in the Intercept policy for get_asean_climate. 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.

What MCP server provides get_asean_climate? +

get_asean_climate is provided by the Sg Weather Data MCP server (vdineshk/sg-weather-data-mcp). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policies on Sg Weather Data

Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.

npx -y @policylayer/intercept
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