guardian_search_articles
Search for articles on The Guardian.
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What guardian_search_articles does on UnClick
AI agents call guardian_search_articles to retrieve information from UnClick 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 | — | |
api_key | string | — | |
section | string | — | |
to_date | string | — | |
from_date | string | — | |
page_size | number | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why guardian_search_articles is rated Low
This tool retrieves articles from The Guardian's public content without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward read operation that poses minimal security risk even if misused by an AI agent, as it only returns publicly available information.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description both indicate a search operation: 'Search for articles on The Guardian' is a query-only action with no side effects.
Risk signalsHandles credentials or secrets (api_key)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs guardian_search_articles safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and UnClick, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For guardian_search_articles, this is the rule to start with:
guardian_search_articles 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 UnClick, apply this rule, and every guardian_search_articles call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about guardian_search_articles
Search for articles on The Guardian. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UnClick MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
guardian_search_articles accepts 6 parameters: q, api_key, section, to_date, from_date, page_size. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the UnClick MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for guardian_search_articles: 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 UnClick. Nothing to install.
guardian_search_articles 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 guardian_search_articles 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 guardian_search_articles. 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.
guardian_search_articles is provided by the UnClick MCP server (creativelead/unclick). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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