clinical.trial-search

What clinical.trial-search does on Mcp

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

Why clinical.trial-search is rated Low

This tool retrieves and queries publicly available clinical trial data with no side effects. It is a straightforward read operation that returns information without altering any state or triggering actions beyond the search itself. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—misuse would only result in inappropriate search results, not data loss or unauthorized actions.

From the tool's definition Tool performs a search operation on ClinicalTrials.gov with 'free-text query' and optional filters for 'recruitment status, sponsor, phase, country'. No modification, deletion, or execution of external operations is described.

Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

The rule that runs clinical.trial-search safely

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

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "clinical.trial-search": {}
  }
}

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