# navigate

A execute tool on the AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server MCP server.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `navigate`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/navigate

## Facts

- Tool: `navigate`
- Server: AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server (`adspower/adspower-browser`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/AdsPower/adspower-browser
- 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": "navigate",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why navigate is rated High

Navigation in a browser automation context is an Execute action—it triggers external operations (loading web pages, executing scripts on those pages) whose side effects depend on the argument provided.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool 'navigate' on AdsPower LocalAPI server that controls browser operations. Sibling tools include 'click-element', 'create-browser', 'close-browser', indicating this server manages active browser automation."

## Use case

AI agents invoke navigate to trigger actions in AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server. 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 AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server:

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

## Other tools on AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server (46)

- `delete-browser` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/delete-browser.md
- `delete-cache-v2` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/delete-cache-v2.md
- `delete-proxy` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/delete-proxy.md
- `delete-tag` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/delete-tag.md
- `click-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/click-element.md
- `close-all-profiles` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/close-all-profiles.md
- `close-browser` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/close-browser.md
- `connect-browser-with-ws` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/connect-browser-with-ws.md
- `download-kernel` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/download-kernel.md
- `drag-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/drag-element.md
- `evaluate-script` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/evaluate-script.md
- `fill-input` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/fill-input.md
- `hover-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/hover-element.md
- `iframe-click-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/iframe-click-element.md
- `open-browser` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/open-browser.md
- `open-new-page` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/open-new-page.md
- `press-key` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/press-key.md
- `scroll-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/scroll-element.md
- `select-option` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/select-option.md
- `new-fingerprint` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/new-fingerprint.md
- `check-status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/check-status.md
- `get-application-list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-application-list.md
- `get-browser-active` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-browser-active.md
- `get-browser-list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-browser-list.md
- `get-cloud-active` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-cloud-active.md
- `get-group-list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-group-list.md
- `get-kernel-list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-kernel-list.md
- `get-opened-browser` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-opened-browser.md
- `get-page-html` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-page-html.md
- `get-page-visible-text` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-page-visible-text.md
- …and 16 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser.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=adspower-adspower-browser · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/adspower-adspower-browser