search_contacts

What search_contacts does on AirMCP

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

Why search_contacts is rated Low

This tool retrieves contact data based on search criteria without creating, modifying, or deleting any information. It is a straightforward read-only operation with no side effects beyond returning matching contact records. The severity is low because contact search data is typically low-sensitivity metadata, though exposure could reveal organizational structure or personal relationships if misused at scale.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'search_contacts' and description states it 'Search contacts by name, email, phone, or organization' — a pure query operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of code.

The rule that runs search_contacts safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and AirMCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_contacts, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "search_contacts": {}
  }
}

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