Get upcoming sports events (football/soccer, cricket, golf) for a location, with stadium, country, tournament name, and start time.
AI agents call get_sports to retrieve information from WeatherAPI 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 sports event information without side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, execute commands, or involve financial transactions. The read-only nature and informational output place it squarely in the Read category with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_sports' and description 'Get upcoming sports events' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or execution of external systems. Returns publicly available sports schedule data (stadium, country, tournament name, start time).
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Get upcoming sports events (football/soccer, cricket, golf) for a location, with stadium, country, tournament name, and start time. It is categorised as a Read tool in the WeatherAPI MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the WeatherAPI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_sports: 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 WeatherAPI MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_sports 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_sports 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_sports. 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_sports is provided by the WeatherAPI MCP Server MCP server (weatherapicom/weatherapi-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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