search_facilities
Search the 12,338 curated, SAMHSA-sourced US addiction treatment facility directory by state, city, treatment type, and insurance. Returns matched facilities with name, city/state, programs offered, insurance accepted, phone, and browse URL. Use this to find candidates — then call get_facility_de...
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What search_facilities does on GTH Intelligence — Substance Abuse Treatment Finder
AI agents call search_facilities to retrieve information from GTH Intelligence — Substance Abuse Treatment Finder 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
city | string | — | City name (partial match supported — 'san fran' matches 'San Francisco') |
limit | number | — | Max results to return (1-20, default 5) |
state | string | Yes | US state name or 2-letter abbreviation (e.g. "California" or "CA"). Required — searches are scoped to one state at a time. |
insurance | string | — | Insurance provider accepted (e.g. "Medicaid", "Aetna", "Blue Cross", "Medicare", "Private Pay"). Partial match supported. |
treatment_type | string | — | Type of treatment program. Call get_treatment_types if the user is unsure which applies. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why search_facilities is rated Low
This tool performs a query operation on a public health directory of treatment facilities. It retrieves and filters existing data based on search parameters (state, city, treatment type, insurance) and returns informational results. There is no capability to modify, delete, execute code, or commit financial transactions.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search' and 'Returns matched facilities' with publicly available information (name, city/state, programs, insurance, phone, URL). No modification, deletion, or execution of external operations occurs.
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The rule that runs search_facilities safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GTH Intelligence — Substance Abuse Treatment Finder, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_facilities, this is the rule to start with:
search_facilities 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 GTH Intelligence — Substance Abuse Treatment Finder, apply this rule, and every search_facilities call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about search_facilities
Search the 12,338 curated, SAMHSA-sourced US addiction treatment facility directory by state, city, treatment type, and insurance. Returns matched facilities with name, city/state, programs offered, insurance accepted, phone, and browse URL. Use this to find candidates — then call get_facility_detail for one facility's full profile. If the user is uncertain about location coverage, call list_states first. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GTH Intelligence — Substance Abuse Treatment Finder MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_facilities accepts 5 parameters: city, limit, state, insurance, treatment_type. Required: state. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the GTH Intelligence — Substance Abuse Treatment Finder MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_facilities: 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 GTH Intelligence — Substance Abuse Treatment Finder. Nothing to install.
search_facilities 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_facilities 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_facilities. 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_facilities is provided by the GTH Intelligence — Substance Abuse Treatment Finder MCP server (https://gth-mcp-server.pages.dev/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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