# search

Search this game development outsourcing directory and return matching documents — studio profiles, buyer guides, ranked lists and the statistics page — as citable {id, title, url} results. Pass the id of any result to "fetch" to read it in full. Prefer "search_studios" when you need structured studio fields such as services, engine or country.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `search`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/search

## Facts

- Tool: `search`
- Server: Game Dev Outsourcing Directory (`https://www.gamedevoutsourcing.com/api/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/quodsoler/gamedev-connect
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade C, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | string | yes | What to look for. A plain sentence works — "3D character art studios in Poland", "how do I vet a game art studio", "how many studios are in Ukraine". |

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": "search",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "<query>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why search is rated Low

Even though search only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

## Use case

AI agents call search to retrieve information from Game Dev Outsourcing Directory 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 Game Dev Outsourcing Directory:

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

## Other tools on Game Dev Outsourcing Directory (9)

- `estimate_project_cost` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/estimate-project-cost.md
- `fetch` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/fetch.md
- `get_answer` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/get-answer.md
- `get_directory_statistics` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/get-directory-statistics.md
- `get_ranking` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/get-ranking.md
- `get_studio` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/get-studio.md
- `list_answers` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/list-answers.md
- `list_rankings` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/list-rankings.md
- `search_studios` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory/search-studios.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-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-gamedevoutsourcing-www-directory