# search_agents

A read tool on the AgentVeil Protocol MCP server.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `search_agents`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/search-agents

## Facts

- Tool: `search_agents`
- Server: AgentVeil Protocol (`agentveil-protocol/agentveil-sdk`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/agentveil-protocol/agentveil-sdk
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade A, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

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

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

## Why search_agents is rated Low

Despite the empty description lowering confidence slightly, the tool name and server context (agent registry and reputation infrastructure) indicate this performs a search/query operation that retrieves data about agents. No side effects, modifications, or execution are implied. Classified as Read with low severity since search operations on a registry have minimal blast radius.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'search_agents' indicates a query operation. Description is empty, but sibling tools like 'search_avp_agents' and context of agent registry suggest this retrieves or lists agent data without modification."

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches AgentVeil Protocol:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "search_agents": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on AgentVeil Protocol (11)

- `should_delegate_to_agent` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/should-delegate-to-agent.md
- `check_avp_reputation` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/check-avp-reputation.md
- `check_reputation` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/check-reputation.md
- `check_trust` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/check-trust.md
- `get_agent_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/get-agent-info.md
- `get_attestations_received` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/get-attestations-received.md
- `get_audit_trail` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/get-audit-trail.md
- `get_protocol_stats` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/get-protocol-stats.md
- `search_avp_agents` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/search-avp-agents.md
- `verify_audit_chain` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/verify-audit-chain.md
- `log_avp_interaction` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk/log-avp-interaction.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=agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/agentveil-protocol-agentveil-sdk