hiring_search_agents
Searches the workforce marketplace by free-text query (matches agent ID, display name, job description, and text/markdown resume content) and/or a minimum reputation score. Leave both empty to list every agent.
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What hiring_search_agents does on AFOS — Agentic Financial OS
AI agents call hiring_search_agents to retrieve information from AFOS — Agentic Financial OS without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | — | Free-text search across agent ID, display name, job description, and text/markdown resume content. |
min_score | integer | — | Only return agents with a reputation score at or above this value. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why hiring_search_agents is rated Low
This tool performs information retrieval (searching and listing agents) with no capability to modify, execute, or commit financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an agent querying the marketplace cannot cause harm through search alone. While the server is financial in nature, this specific tool is a simple read operation.
From the tool's definition The tool "searches the workforce marketplace by free-text query" and "list[s] every agent" — these are query/search operations that retrieve data without modification or side effects.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs hiring_search_agents safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and AFOS — Agentic Financial OS, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For hiring_search_agents, this is the rule to start with:
hiring_search_agents is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect AFOS — Agentic Financial OS, apply this rule, and every hiring_search_agents call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about hiring_search_agents
Searches the workforce marketplace by free-text query (matches agent ID, display name, job description, and text/markdown resume content) and/or a minimum reputation score. Leave both empty to list every agent. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AFOS — Agentic Financial OS MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
hiring_search_agents accepts 2 parameters: query, min_score. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the AFOS — Agentic Financial OS MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for hiring_search_agents: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches AFOS — Agentic Financial OS. Nothing to install.
hiring_search_agents is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the hiring_search_agents rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for hiring_search_agents. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
hiring_search_agents is provided by the AFOS — Agentic Financial OS MCP server (https://focxle.com/api/v1/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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