This endpoint will provide you with the keyword popularity data from DataForSEO Trends. You can check keyword trends for Google Search, Google News, and Google Shopping
AI agents call kw_data_dfs_trends_explore to retrieve information from Dataforseo without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
type | string | — | dataforseo trends type |
date_to | string | — | ending date of the time range if you don’t specify this field, the today’s date will be used by default date format: "yyyy-mm-dd" |
keywords | array | Yes | keywords the maximum number of keywords you can specify: 5 |
date_from | string | — | starting date of the time range if you don’t specify this field, the current day and month of the preceding year will be used by default min |
time_range | string | — | preset time ranges if you specify date_from or date_to parameters, this field will be ignored when setting a task |
location_name | object | — | full name of the location optional field in format "Country" example: United Kingdom |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool queries and retrieves trend data from DataForSEO's database. It is purely informational—it reads keyword popularity metrics across Google Search, News, and Shopping channels without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. There are no side effects or irreversible actions.
From the tool's definition Tool provides 'keyword popularity data' and allows users to 'check keyword trends' — these are retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
This endpoint will provide you with the keyword popularity data from DataForSEO Trends. You can check keyword trends for Google Search, Google News, and Google Shopping. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Dataforseo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
kw_data_dfs_trends_explore accepts 6 parameters: type, date_to, keywords, date_from, time_range, location_name. Required: keywords. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Dataforseo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for kw_data_dfs_trends_explore: 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 Dataforseo. Nothing to install.
kw_data_dfs_trends_explore 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 kw_data_dfs_trends_explore 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 kw_data_dfs_trends_explore. 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.
kw_data_dfs_trends_explore is provided by the Dataforseo MCP server (dataforseo-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.