college_search
Search US colleges and universities by name, state, control type, size, or accreditor. Returns matching institutions with location, control, predominant degree, and enrollment.
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What college_search does on Livedatalink
AI agents call college_search 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | — | Substring of the institution name. |
size | string | — | Carnegie size bucket. |
limit | number | — | Max results, 1-100. Default 25. |
state | string | — | Two-letter state code (e.g. TX). |
control | string | — | Institutional control. |
accreditor | string | — | Substring match against the school's institutional accreditor. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why college_search is rated Low
college_search is a query/search tool that retrieves publicly available information about educational institutions. It performs a read-only lookup operation against what is presumably a database of public institutional data. There is no capability to modify, delete, or execute actions—only to retrieve and display matching records.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search US colleges and universities' and 'Returns matching institutions with location, control, predominant degree, and enrollment.' The verb 'Search' and 'Returns' indicate data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
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The rule that runs college_search 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 college_search, this is the rule to start with:
college_search 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 college_search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about college_search
Search US colleges and universities by name, state, control type, size, or accreditor. Returns matching institutions with location, control, predominant degree, and enrollment. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
college_search accepts 6 parameters: name, size, limit, state, control, accreditor. 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 college_search: 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.
college_search 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 college_search 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 college_search. 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.
college_search 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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