# get_deployment_guidance

Get deployment guidance for a specific published listing, by listing slug. Read-only, no authentication required (public endpoint, IP rate-limited). Returns title, product_story, included_components, use_cases, complexity_level, product_formats, and demo_video_url when available -- setup and implementation guidance for evaluating or deploying the system after purchase. Call fetch first to confirm the listing exists and get its slug.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_deployment_guidance`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gallandigital-marketplace/get-deployment-guidance

## Facts

- Tool: `get_deployment_guidance`
- Server: Marketplace (`https://gallandigital.com/api/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gallandigital-marketplace.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/ZWingett/gallandigital-marketplace
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `slug` | string | yes | The listing's slug, as returned by search or fetch. |

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": "get_deployment_guidance",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "<slug>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why get_deployment_guidance is rated Low

This tool retrieves and displays public deployment guidance for marketplace listings without any side effects. It is a straightforward information retrieval operation with no capacity to modify data, execute code, or trigger external operations. The read-only nature and public endpoint designation confirm this is a Read category tool with low severity.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description explicitly states 'Read-only, no authentication required (public endpoint, IP rate-limited)' and returns guidance data: 'title, product_story, included_components, use_cases, complexity_level, product_formats, and demo_video_url'."

## Use case

AI agents call get_deployment_guidance to retrieve information from Marketplace 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 Marketplace:

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

## Other tools on Marketplace (4)

- `fetch` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gallandigital-marketplace/fetch.md
- `get_contributor_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gallandigital-marketplace/get-contributor-profile.md
- `list_categories` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gallandigital-marketplace/list-categories.md
- `search` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gallandigital-marketplace/search.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=com-gallandigital-marketplace · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-gallandigital-marketplace