shopify_search_suggest
Get Shopify search suggestions. Returns products, collections, and query suggestions from Shopify's credential-free predictive search Ajax endpoint.
This record as markdown: /tools/crawlora-mcp/shopify-search-suggest.md
What shopify_search_suggest does on Crawlora
AI agents call shopify_search_suggest 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 |
url | string | Yes | Shopify storefront URL |
limit | integer | — | Maximum results per type, defaults to 10 and supports up to 20 |
types | string | — | Comma-separated suggestion types. Allowed values: product, collection, query |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why shopify_search_suggest is rated Low
Even though shopify_search_suggest 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.
Risk signalsAccepts URL/endpoint input (url)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs shopify_search_suggest 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 shopify_search_suggest, this is the rule to start with:
shopify_search_suggest 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 shopify_search_suggest call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about shopify_search_suggest
Get Shopify search suggestions. Returns products, collections, and query suggestions from Shopify's credential-free predictive search Ajax endpoint. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
shopify_search_suggest accepts 4 parameters: q, url, limit, types. Required: q, url. 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 shopify_search_suggest: 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.
shopify_search_suggest 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 shopify_search_suggest 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 shopify_search_suggest. 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.
shopify_search_suggest 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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