get_alerts

Query recent regulatory alerts from FDA, EU-MDCG, and HSA. Returns AI-analyzed alerts with urgency levels, affected device types, risk classes, action items, and source URLs. Alerts are scraped daily from official regulatory agency websites.

Server Regmd zubi-wiz/regmd-mcp
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What get_alerts does on Regmd

AI agents call get_alerts to retrieve information from Regmd without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_alerts needs a policy

This tool retrieves and queries regulatory alert data from FDA, EU-MDCG, and HSA sources without any side effects or data modification capabilities. It is purely informational, aggregating daily scraped alerts for consumption. Even if an AI agent misuses it, the blast radius is limited to reading outdated or irrelevant information.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_alerts' and description 'Query recent regulatory alerts' indicate retrieval of data. The description explicitly states it returns pre-analyzed alerts from official sources with no mention of creating, modifying, deleting, or executing actions.

Questions about get_alerts

What does the get_alerts tool do? +

Query recent regulatory alerts from FDA, EU-MDCG, and HSA. Returns AI-analyzed alerts with urgency levels, affected device types, risk classes, action items, and source URLs. Alerts are scraped daily from official regulatory agency websites. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Regmd MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_alerts? +

Register the Regmd MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_alerts: 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 Regmd. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get_alerts? +

get_alerts is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get_alerts? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_alerts 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.

How do I block get_alerts completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_alerts. 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.

What MCP server provides get_alerts? +

get_alerts is provided by the Regmd MCP server (zubi-wiz/regmd-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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