search_remote_jobs

What search_remote_jobs does on Jobs

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

Why search_remote_jobs is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only query operation against a job board API. It retrieves publicly available job listings and returns structured data with no side effects, state changes, or capability to execute code or trigger external operations. The search functionality is a standard information retrieval pattern with no destructive, financial, or execution risks.

From the tool's definition Tool searches and returns job data (title, company, tags, salary, URL) without modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. Description explicitly indicates retrieval: 'Search remote jobs from RemoteOK. Returns title, company, tags, salary, URL.'

The rule that runs search_remote_jobs safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Jobs, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_remote_jobs, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "search_remote_jobs": {}
  }
}

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