search_vendors
Search any theme's data index by free-text query across vendor name, domain, integrations, plan notes, and capabilities (e.g. 'hipaa restaurant', 'google ads zapier'). Works for every theme — hub sections and catalog topics alike (set section to the theme slug from list_sections). Returns full pr...
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What search_vendors does on The Front Desk Review
AI agents call search_vendors 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.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | — | |
section | string | — | 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 |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why search_vendors is rated Low
This is a read-only search/query operation across a vendor database. It retrieves and returns information based on free-text search criteria but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an agent could only over-query or retrieve broad datasets, with no ability to alter or harm underlying data.
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'Search' and 'Returns full provenanced vendor records' — retrieves data without modification. No language indicating side effects, state changes, or destructive operations.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs search_vendors safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and The Front Desk Review, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_vendors, this is the rule to start with:
search_vendors 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 The Front Desk Review, apply this rule, and every search_vendors call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about search_vendors
Search any theme's data index by free-text query across vendor name, domain, integrations, plan notes, and capabilities (e.g. 'hipaa restaurant', 'google ads zapier'). Works for every theme — hub sections and catalog topics alike (set section to the theme slug from list_sections). Returns full provenanced vendor records (each plan carries source url + accessedAt). Empty query returns all vendors in the theme. It is categorised as a Read tool in the The Front Desk Review MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_vendors accepts 2 parameters: query, section. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the The Front Desk Review MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_vendors: 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 The Front Desk Review. Nothing to install.
search_vendors 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 search_vendors 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 search_vendors. 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.
search_vendors is provided by the The Front Desk Review MCP server (https://mcp.frontdeskreview.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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