producthunt_about
Retrieve Product Hunt product about page. Returns the richer Product Hunt about-page payload, including launch, forum, review tags, and media data.
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What producthunt_about does on Crawlora
AI agents call producthunt_about 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string | Yes | Product Hunt slug |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why producthunt_about is rated Low
This tool retrieves public product information from Product Hunt without side effects. It queries and returns data (about-page payload, launch info, media data) but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could retrieve unwanted product metadata, but cannot cause material harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'producthunt_about' and description 'Retrieve Product Hunt product about page' indicate a data retrieval operation with no modification or execution capability. Returns structured data about a product.
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The rule that runs producthunt_about 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 producthunt_about, this is the rule to start with:
producthunt_about 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 producthunt_about call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about producthunt_about
Retrieve Product Hunt product about page. Returns the richer Product Hunt about-page payload, including launch, forum, review tags, and media data. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
producthunt_about accepts 1 parameter: id. Required: id. 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 producthunt_about: 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.
producthunt_about 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 producthunt_about 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 producthunt_about. 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.
producthunt_about 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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