get_earthquake_news
AI agents call get_earthquake_news to retrieve information from Weather MCP MY without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves earthquake news/reports from a government API without side effects. It is a read-only operation that queries and returns data about earthquakes. The empty description prevents higher confidence, but the server's stated purpose and tool naming convention clearly indicate data retrieval functionality typical of weather/disaster information systems.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_earthquake_news' indicates retrieval of earthquake report data. Server description states it 'provides...earthquake reports from Malaysia Government's Open API.' No parameters for modification, deletion, or financial operations are implied.
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get_earthquake_news. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Weather MCP MY MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Weather MCP MY MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_earthquake_news: 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 Weather MCP MY. Nothing to install.
get_earthquake_news 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_earthquake_news 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_earthquake_news. 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_earthquake_news is provided by the Weather MCP MY MCP server (yting27/weather-my-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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