cfpb_search_complaints
Search the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database (4M+ complaints submitted against financial companies since 2011). Filter by free-text term, company, product, state, date range, and narrative-presence. Returns complaint metadata plus public narratives when available.
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What cfpb_search_complaints does on Livedatalink
AI agents call cfpb_search_complaints to retrieve information from Livedatalink without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
from | number | — | Pagination offset (default 0) |
size | number | — | Page size (default 25, max 100) |
state | string | — | Two-letter state code |
company | string | — | Exact company name (use cfpb_suggest_company for fuzzy matching) |
product | string | — | CFPB product category (e.g. 'Credit reporting', 'Mortgage', 'Debt collection') |
search_term | string | — | Free-text search across all complaint fields |
has_narrative | boolean | — | Only complaints with consumer narratives |
date_received_max | string | — | YYYY-MM-DD upper bound |
date_received_min | string | — | YYYY-MM-DD lower bound |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why cfpb_search_complaints is rated Low
Even though cfpb_search_complaints only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs cfpb_search_complaints safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Livedatalink, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For cfpb_search_complaints, this is the rule to start with:
cfpb_search_complaints is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Livedatalink, apply this rule, and every cfpb_search_complaints call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about cfpb_search_complaints
Search the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database (4M+ complaints submitted against financial companies since 2011). Filter by free-text term, company, product, state, date range, and narrative-presence. Returns complaint metadata plus public narratives when available. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
cfpb_search_complaints accepts 9 parameters: from, size, state, company, product, search_term, has_narrative, date_received_max, date_received_min. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Livedatalink MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cfpb_search_complaints: 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 Livedatalink. Nothing to install.
cfpb_search_complaints 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 cfpb_search_complaints 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 cfpb_search_complaints. 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.
cfpb_search_complaints is provided by the Livedatalink MCP server (https://livedatalink.ai/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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