# recommend_nice_classes

Recommend Nice trademark classes based on a business description. Returns the most relevant classes with confidence scores and explanations.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `recommend_nice_classes`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/recommend-nice-classes

## Facts

- Tool: `recommend_nice_classes`
- Server: GleanMark Trademark Search (`https://gleanmark.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://gleanmark.com/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: yes
- Parameters: 2 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `industry` | string | no | Optional industry category for context |
| `business_description` | string | yes | Detailed description of the business, products, or services (minimum 50 characters). Pass the full user description, do not summarize. |

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": "recommend_nice_classes",
    "arguments": {
      "business_description": "<business_description>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why recommend_nice_classes is rated Low

This tool retrieves and queries trademark classification recommendations from the USPTO NICE classification system. It is purely informational and advisory—it analyzes input and returns suggestions without creating, modifying, or deleting any data, nor does it execute code or trigger external operations. The output is read-only guidance to inform business decisions.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool recommends Nice trademark classes based on business description; returns recommendations with confidence scores and explanations. No data modification, deletion, or execution of external operations occurs."

## Use case

AI agents call recommend_nice_classes to retrieve information from GleanMark Trademark Search 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 GleanMark Trademark Search:

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

## Other tools on GleanMark Trademark Search (60)

- `run_knockout_search` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/run-knockout-search.md
- `run_safe_analytics` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/run-safe-analytics.md
- `analyze_prosecution_history` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/analyze-prosecution-history.md
- `analyze_ttab_proceeding` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/analyze-ttab-proceeding.md
- `check_brand_availability` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/check-brand-availability.md
- `check_domain_availability` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/check-domain-availability.md
- `compare_marks` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/compare-marks.md
- `count_trademarks_by_attributes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/count-trademarks-by-attributes.md
- `get_class_relationships` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-class-relationships.md
- `get_cohort_event_intervals` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-cohort-event-intervals.md
- `get_correspondent_marks` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-correspondent-marks.md
- `get_correspondent_specialization` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-correspondent-specialization.md
- `get_deadline_satisfaction_mapping` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-deadline-satisfaction-mapping.md
- `get_event_code_reference` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-event-code-reference.md
- `get_event_status_mapping` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-event-status-mapping.md
- `get_fame_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-fame-profile.md
- `get_firm_correspondent_tasks` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-firm-correspondent-tasks.md
- `get_firm_deadlines` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-firm-deadlines.md
- `get_firm_oa_outcomes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-firm-oa-outcomes.md
- `get_firm_top_correspondents` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-firm-top-correspondents.md
- `get_latest_office_action` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-latest-office-action.md
- `get_mark_ai_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-mark-ai-summary.md
- `get_mark_deadlines` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-mark-deadlines.md
- `get_mark_international_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-mark-international-profile.md
- `get_mark_owner_landscape` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-mark-owner-landscape.md
- `get_mark_prosecution_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-mark-prosecution-summary.md
- `get_nice_classes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-nice-classes.md
- `get_owner_ai_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-owner-ai-summary.md
- `get_owner_deadlines` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-owner-deadlines.md
- `get_owner_filing_trends` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-search/get-owner-filing-trends.md
- …and 30 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gleanmark-trademark-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-gleanmark-trademark-search · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-gleanmark-trademark-search
