# searchCatalog

Search for products by name, category, or keyword

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `searchCatalog`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/searchcatalog

## Facts

- Tool: `searchCatalog`
- Server: Genkit MCP (`genkit-ai/genkit`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/genkit-ai/genkit
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

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

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

## Why searchCatalog is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only search operation against a product catalog. It retrieves information based on search parameters but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve catalog data, not alter it or cause external side effects.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name is 'searchCatalog' and description states 'Search for products by name, category, or keyword' — indicating a query/retrieval operation with no data modification or destructive capability."

## Use case

AI agents call searchCatalog to retrieve information from Genkit 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 Genkit MCP:

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

## Other tools on Genkit MCP (71)

- `removeTask` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/removetask.md
- `characterGenerator` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/charactergenerator.md
- `delegate_to_coder` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/delegate-to-coder.md
- `delegate_to_researcher` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/delegate-to-researcher.md
- `run_flow` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/run-flow.md
- `run_shell` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/run-shell.md
- `screenshot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/screenshot.md
- `slowWork` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/slowwork.md
- `start_runtime` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/start-runtime.md
- `transferToAgent` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/transfertoagent.md
- `use_skill` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/use-skill.md
- `processPayment` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/processpayment.md
- `request_transfer` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/request-transfer.md
- `reservationTool` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/reservationtool.md
- `transferMoney` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/transfermoney.md
- `add` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/add.md
- `askQuestion` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/askquestion.md
- `datePicker` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/datepicker.md
- `error_tool` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/error-tool.md
- `exitTool` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/exittool.md
- `gablorken` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/gablorken.md
- `test_http` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/test-http.md
- `account_record` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/account-record.md
- `ask_user` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/ask-user.md
- `celsiusToFahrenheit` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/celsiustofahrenheit.md
- `confirmBooking` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/confirmbooking.md
- `current_weather` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/current-weather.md
- `dailySpecial` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/dailyspecial.md
- `dynamicGablorkenTool` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/dynamicgablorkentool.md
- `echo_meta_tool` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit/echo-meta-tool.md
- …and 41 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/firebase-genkit.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=firebase-genkit · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/firebase-genkit