google_news

SERVERCrawlora SOURCEcrawlora-mcp

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 51 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

Registry record Grade F, identity unverified Pull the record →

This record as markdown: /tools/crawlora-mcp/google-news.md

WHAT IT DOES

What google_news does on Crawlora

AI agents call google_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
`q`	string	Yes	Search query
`lang`	string	—	Google UI language; defaults to en
`page`	integer	—	1-based page number; defaults to 1
`count`	integer	—	Results per page; defaults to 10, clamped to 1..50
`country`	string	—	Two-letter country code; defaults to us

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

RISK

Why google_news is rated Low

Even though google_news only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs google_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_news, this is the rule to start with:

google_news Allowed

google_news is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "google_news": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Crawlora, apply this rule, and every google_news call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about google_news

What does the google_news tool do? +

Search Google News. Returns normalized Google News vertical results (title, source, link, age) parsed from the public Google News results page. Locale defaults to country=us and lang=en. Returns 503 when Google serves a challenge page or unusable HTML. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does google_news accept? +

google_news accepts 5 parameters: q, lang, page, count, country. Required: q. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on google_news? +

Register the Crawlora MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for google_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.

What risk level is google_news? +

google_news is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit google_news? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the google_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.

How do I block google_news completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for google_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.

What MCP server provides google_news? +

google_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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