# find_best Answer 'best for ' and 'cheapest ' directly: returns the theme's vendors ranked by entry price (cheapest first, quote-only last), each with its verified compliance facts (HIPAA/SOC 2/GDPR), free-tier flag, best-for tags and the entry plan's source. Conjunctive fact filters narrow it to what this index has actually CONFIRMED — requireHipaa / requireSoc2 / requireGdpr / requireFreeTier (e.g. 'best CRM for HIPAA' = section 'crm-software' + requireHipaa:true). Omit all filters to rank the whole theme by price. Set section to the theme slug from list_sections. Never infers a fact it has not verified. Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `find_best`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/find-best ## Facts - Tool: `find_best` - Server: The Front Desk Review (`https://mcp.frontdeskreview.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data.md - Homepage: https://github.com/AlexandDunk/frontdesk-data - Risk category: Read (Low risk) - Registry record: grade F, identity unverified - Server auth posture: open - Server rate-limited: no - Parameters: 5 - Recommended policy verdict: Allowed ## Parameters | Parameter | Type | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `section` | string | no | Theme slug to query (default "ai-receptionists"). A theme is any of the 271 pricing topics this index covers: the deep hub sections (e.g. ai-receptionists) plus | | `requireGdpr` | boolean | no | Only vendors with confirmed GDPR compliance. | | `requireSoc2` | boolean | no | Only vendors with a confirmed SOC 2 attestation. | | `requireHipaa` | boolean | no | Only vendors with confirmed HIPAA support (a BAA). | | `requireFreeTier` | boolean | no | Only vendors with a genuine $0 forever plan. | Parameters from the server's own tool schema. ## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0) ```json { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "find_best", "arguments": {} } } ``` ## Why find_best is rated Low find_best performs read-only queries against a product catalog database, filtering and ranking vendors by price and compliance attributes. It retrieves and presents information but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states it 'returns the theme's vendors ranked by entry price' and 'filters narrow it to what this index has actually CONFIRMED' — this is purely retrieval and querying of indexed product data with no modification, deletion, or execution of…" ## Use case AI agents call find_best to retrieve information from The Front Desk Review 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 The Front Desk Review: ```json { "version": "1", "default": "deny", "tools": { "find_best": {} } } ``` ## Other tools on The Front Desk Review (18) - `compare` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/compare.md - `compare_products` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/compare-products.md - `find_products` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/find-products.md - `get_benchmark` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/get-benchmark.md - `get_cost_decoder` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/get-cost-decoder.md - `get_independent_test_coverage` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/get-independent-test-coverage.md - `get_normalized_pricing` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/get-normalized-pricing.md - `get_price_history` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/get-price-history.md - `list_cost_decoders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/list-cost-decoders.md - `list_coverage` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/list-coverage.md - `list_product_categories` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/list-product-categories.md - `list_sections` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/list-sections.md - `most_volatile_in_category` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/most-volatile-in-category.md - `price_movers` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/price-movers.md - `search_products` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/search-products.md - `search_vendors` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/search-vendors.md - `volatility_for_entity` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/volatility-for-entity.md - `whats_changed` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data/whats-changed.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` --- Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-frontdeskreview-front-desk-review-data