search_web
Web search — ranked results (title, URL, snippet) for any query. The core agent discovery primitive for lead-gen, prospe Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.
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What search_web does on Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway
AI agents call search_web to retrieve information from Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
arg | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why search_web is rated Low
This tool retrieves and returns search results without modifying, executing, or deleting any data. It is a passive information lookup operation. The financial cost (USDC payment) is a platform billing mechanism, not a financial transaction initiated by the tool itself. The stated use case ('lead-gen, prospe[cting]') is generic data discovery, typical of Read operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_web' and description 'Web search — ranked results (title, URL, snippet) for any query' indicate retrieval of publicly available data with no side effects.
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The rule that runs search_web safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_web, this is the rule to start with:
search_web 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 Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway, apply this rule, and every search_web call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about search_web
Web search — ranked results (title, URL, snippet) for any query. The core agent discovery primitive for lead-gen, prospe Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_web accepts 1 parameter: arg. Required: arg. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_web: 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 Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway. Nothing to install.
search_web 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_web 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_web. 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_web is provided by the Omnicall — Agent Tools Gateway MCP server (https://omnicall.gocreativeai.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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