Function handleGetIncomingMEPs

handleGetIncomingMEPs(args: unknown): Promise<ToolResult>
Handles the get_incoming_meps MCP tool request.

Retrieves Members of European Parliament who are newly joining parliament during the current parliamentary term. Useful for tracking political transitions, onboarding patterns, and early-engagement stakeholder analysis.
Parameters
- args: unknown
  Raw tool arguments, validated against GetIncomingMEPsSchema
Returns Promise<ToolResult>
MCP tool result containing a paginated list of incoming MEP records for the current parliamentary term
Throws
- If args fails schema validation (e.g., limit out of range 1–100)
- If the European Parliament API is unreachable or returns an error response
Example
```
const result = await handleGetIncomingMEPs({ limit: 20, offset: 0 });
// Returns up to 20 MEPs who are newly joining the current parliamentary term
```
Security
- Input is validated with Zod before any API call.
- Personal data in responses is minimised per GDPR Article 5(1)(c).
- All requests are rate-limited and audit-logged per ISMS Policy AU-002.
Since
0.8.0
See
- getIncomingMEPsToolMetadata for MCP schema registration
- handleGetCurrentMEPs for all currently active MEPs
- handleGetOutgoingMEPs for MEPs who are departing parliament
- Defined in tools/getIncomingMEPs.ts:49