google_finance_markets_category_news
Google Finance category news. Returns normalized news for a Google Finance category.
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What google_finance_markets_category_news does on Crawlora
AI agents call google_finance_markets_category_news to retrieve information from Crawlora 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
offset | integer | — | Result offset |
category | string | Yes | Google Finance category id |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why google_finance_markets_category_news is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves financial news information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a read-only data retrieval operation with no side effects. The low severity reflects that misuse would only result in information gathering, not any actionable changes to systems or financial transactions.
From the tool's definition Tool returns normalized news data for a Google Finance category; uses verb 'returns' indicating data retrieval with no modification capability.
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The rule that runs google_finance_markets_category_news safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Crawlora, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For google_finance_markets_category_news, this is the rule to start with:
google_finance_markets_category_news 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 Crawlora, apply this rule, and every google_finance_markets_category_news call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about google_finance_markets_category_news
Google Finance category news. Returns normalized news for a Google Finance category. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
google_finance_markets_category_news accepts 2 parameters: offset, category. Required: category. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Crawlora MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for google_finance_markets_category_news: 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 Crawlora. Nothing to install.
google_finance_markets_category_news 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 google_finance_markets_category_news 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 google_finance_markets_category_news. 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.
google_finance_markets_category_news is provided by the Crawlora MCP server (crawlora-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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