# research

Multi-platform meta-search — web, GitHub, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, arXiv, academic papers, Wikipedia, news in ONE ca Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `research`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/research

## Facts

- Tool: `research`
- Server: Prism — Data Enrichment for AI Agents (`https://enrich.gocreativeai.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://enrich.gocreativeai.com/mcp
- 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `arg` | string | yes |  |

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": "research",
    "arguments": {
      "arg": "<arg>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why research is rated Low

This is a search and aggregation tool that queries publicly available information sources and returns results. While it incurs a per-call cost, the cost is a consumption metric, not a financial commitment or money movement—the tool itself does not move funds or create obligations. The primary action is information retrieval with no side effects on the queried systems or data stores.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool performs 'multi-platform meta-search' across public information sources (web, GitHub, Hacker News, Stack Overflow, arXiv, academic papers, Wikipedia, news)."

## Use case

AI agents call research to retrieve information from Prism — Data Enrichment for AI Agents 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 Prism — Data Enrichment for AI Agents:

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

## Other tools on Prism — Data Enrichment for AI Agents (27)

- `enrich_company_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/enrich-company-profile.md
- `enrich_domain` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/enrich-domain.md
- `enrich_email` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/enrich-email.md
- `enrich_lite` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/enrich-lite.md
- `enrich_people` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/enrich-people.md
- `extract_document` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/extract-document.md
- `extract_url` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/extract-url.md
- `install_snippets` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/install-snippets.md
- `list_endpoints` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/list-endpoints.md
- `lookup_email_validate` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/lookup-email-validate.md
- `news_google_search` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/news-google-search.md
- `news_google_sentiment` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/news-google-sentiment.md
- `news_google_trending` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/news-google-trending.md
- `news_headlines` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/news-headlines.md
- `pricing_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/pricing-info.md
- `prism_company` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/prism-company.md
- `prism_contact` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/prism-contact.md
- `prism_places` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/prism-places.md
- `prism_scrape` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/prism-scrape.md
- `prism_search` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/prism-search.md
- `prism_social` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/prism-social.md
- `research_papers` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/research-papers.md
- `search_github` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/search-github.md
- `search_places` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/search-places.md
- `search_web` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/search-web.md
- `usage_stats` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/usage-stats.md
- `wallet_helper` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism/wallet-helper.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-gocreativeai-enrich-prism · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-gocreativeai-enrich-prism