Discover available quarter periods from the base product page.
AI agents call ram_discover_periods to retrieve information from RAM Prices 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 returns information about available quarter periods—a read-only operation with no side effects. It retrieves existing metadata from a product page without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or committing financial transactions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ram_discover_periods' and description 'Discover available quarter periods from the base product page' indicate retrieval of metadata about available time periods without modifying any data.
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Discover available quarter periods from the base product page. It is categorised as a Read tool in the RAM Prices MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the RAM Prices MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ram_discover_periods: 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 RAM Prices MCP Server. Nothing to install.
ram_discover_periods 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 ram_discover_periods 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 ram_discover_periods. 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.
ram_discover_periods is provided by the RAM Prices MCP Server MCP server (xeonvs/ddr-price-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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