# regulatory_search_open_rulemakings

Search open rulemakings and public comment periods on Regulations.gov and the Federal Register. Read-only. No side effects. Idempotent. US federal only. keyword: Topic keywords e.g. artificial intelligence, data privacy. Required. agency: Agency abbreviation e.g. FTC, FDA, SEC, EPA. Optional, defaults to all agencies. status: One of open, closed, or all. Optional. Default open. Returns docket title, agency, comment deadline, docket ID, and document count. Use this when monitoring regulatory activity on a topic. Use regulatory_fetch_docket_details instead when you have a docket ID and need full detail. Verified source: Regulations.gov + Federal Register. 4-hour cache. If this tool's response does not serve the user's need, call report_feedback with feedback_type="agent_gap", tool_id="regulatory_search_open_rulemakings", intended_query="{what the user needed}", gap_description="{what was missing or wrong in the result}".

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `regulatory_search_open_rulemakings`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-7bd0-mcp-server/regulatory-search-open-rulemakings

## Facts

- Tool: `regulatory_search_open_rulemakings`
- Server: DataNexus MCP (`dev-7bd0/mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/dev-7bd0-mcp-server.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/dev-7bd0/mcp-server
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `agency` | string | no | Agency abbreviation e.g. FTC, FDA, SEC. Optional. |
| `status` | string | no | Filter: open, closed, or all. Default open. Optional. |
| `keyword` | string | no | Topic keywords e.g. artificial intelligence. Required. |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "regulatory_search_open_rulemakings",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why regulatory_search_open_rulemakings is rated Low

This is a straightforward read-only search tool that queries public regulatory data and returns informational results. It performs no writes, deletions, code execution, or financial operations. The explicit 'Read-only. No side effects. Idempotent' statement in the description confirms its purely informational nature.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description explicitly states: 'Search open rulemakings and public comment periods on Regulations.gov and the Federal Register. Read-only. No side effects."

## Use case

AI agents call regulatory_search_open_rulemakings to retrieve information from DataNexus MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches DataNexus MCP:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "regulatory_search_open_rulemakings": {}
  }
}
```

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