Critical-minerals supply-concentration & US import-reliance signal. For a mineral commodity (rare earths, gallium, germanium, cobalt, lithium, graphite, antimony, tungsten, nickel, platinum-group metals, and 70+ more), returns world mine-production concentration by country (ranked top producers w...
AI agents call strategic_materials to retrieve information from Mcp Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
commodity | string | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool retrieves and queries publicly available or compiled intelligence about critical mineral supply chains and geopolitical dependencies. It performs no data modification, code execution, financial transactions, or destructive operations. The tool supports analysis and assessment but does not execute actions or commit resources.
From the tool's definition Tool returns data on mineral supply concentration, US import reliance, reserves, and USGS designations — described as 'returns world mine-production concentration', 'US net import reliance', with no modification or execution capabilities mentioned.
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Critical-minerals supply-concentration & US import-reliance signal. For a mineral commodity (rare earths, gallium, germanium, cobalt, lithium, graphite, antimony, tungsten, nickel, platinum-group metals, and 70+ more), returns world mine-production concentration by country (ranked top producers with share, China's share, HHI concentration score), US net import reliance and major foreign sources, reserves concentration, and whether it is a USGS-designated critical mineral. Use it to assess China/adversary control of a mineral, US import dependence, and single-country supply concentration before a sourcing, policy, or investment decision. Pass commodity=<mineral name>. Omit commodity for the critical-minerals concentration leaderboard. Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025 (public domain). $0.05 via x402. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
strategic_materials accepts 1 parameter: commodity. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Mcp Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for strategic_materials: 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 Server. Nothing to install.
strategic_materials 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 strategic_materials 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 strategic_materials. 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.
strategic_materials is provided by the Mcp Server MCP server (Homie4570/lso-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
strategic_materials is one line of Mcp Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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