# librecrawl_stop_crawl

Stop the currently running crawl.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `librecrawl_stop_crawl`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-stop-crawl

## Facts

- Tool: `librecrawl_stop_crawl`
- Server: Librecrawl Technical Seo Audit (`adityaarsharma/librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/adityaarsharma/librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp
- Risk category: Execute (High risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "librecrawl_stop_crawl",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why librecrawl_stop_crawl is rated High

This tool executes a command that interrupts an in-progress crawl operation. While stopping a crawl is reversible (the crawl can be restarted), it is an action that controls and terminates an external process. This falls under Execute rather than Write or Read—it performs an active intervention on a running system operation.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'librecrawl_stop_crawl' and description 'Stop the currently running crawl' indicate the tool triggers termination of an active external operation (the web crawl)."

## Use case

AI agents invoke librecrawl_stop_crawl to trigger actions in Librecrawl Technical Seo Audit. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Librecrawl Technical Seo Audit:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "librecrawl_stop_crawl": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "librecrawl_stop_crawl_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Librecrawl Technical Seo Audit (36)

- `librecrawl_audit_cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-audit-cancel.md
- `librecrawl_brain_purge_audit` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-brain-purge-audit.md
- `librecrawl_wipe_everything` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-wipe-everything.md
- `librecrawl_audit` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-audit.md
- `librecrawl_audit_force_advance` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-audit-force-advance.md
- `librecrawl_audit_pause` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-audit-pause.md
- `librecrawl_audit_resume` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-audit-resume.md
- `librecrawl_full_audit_strict` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-full-audit-strict.md
- `librecrawl_pagespeed_audit` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-pagespeed-audit.md
- `librecrawl_pagespeed_audit_all_crawl_pages` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-pagespeed-audit-all-crawl-pages.md
- `librecrawl_pause_crawl` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-pause-crawl.md
- `librecrawl_resume_crawl` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-resume-crawl.md
- `librecrawl_resume_from_crawl_id` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-resume-from-crawl-id.md
- `librecrawl_start_chunked_audit` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-start-chunked-audit.md
- `librecrawl_start_crawl` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-start-crawl.md
- `librecrawl_append_gsc_section` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-append-gsc-section.md
- `librecrawl_generate_report` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-generate-report.md
- `librecrawl_audit_artifacts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-audit-artifacts.md
- `librecrawl_audit_pdf` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-audit-pdf.md
- `librecrawl_audit_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-audit-status.md
- `librecrawl_audit_zip` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-audit-zip.md
- `librecrawl_export_results` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-export-results.md
- `librecrawl_external_links_audit` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-external-links-audit.md
- `librecrawl_filter_issues` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-filter-issues.md
- `librecrawl_get_settings` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-get-settings.md
- `librecrawl_get_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-get-status.md
- `librecrawl_internal_links_analysis` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-internal-links-analysis.md
- `librecrawl_list_crawls` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-list-crawls.md
- `librecrawl_pagespeed` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-pagespeed.md
- `librecrawl_report_content` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp/librecrawl-report-content.md
- …and 6 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/adityaarsharma-librecrawl-technical-seo-audit-mcp
