Check all tracked podcasts for new episodes that haven
AI agents call check_new_episodes to retrieve information from MCP Podcast Scraper without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a query or poll of existing tracked podcasts to identify new content. It retrieves data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. The action is purely informational with no side effects. It belongs in the Read category alongside other sibling tools like 'list_tracking' and 'list_incomplete' which are clearly read-only inventory operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'check_new_episodes' and description indicate it checks/polls tracked podcasts for new episodes. The verb 'check' denotes a read-only query operation with no modification or execution of external commands.
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Check all tracked podcasts for new episodes that haven. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Podcast Scraper MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Podcast Scraper MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_new_episodes: 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 MCP Podcast Scraper. Nothing to install.
check_new_episodes 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 check_new_episodes 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 check_new_episodes. 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.
check_new_episodes is provided by the MCP Podcast Scraper MCP server (walid-koleilat/mcp-podcast-scraper). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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