# search_open_entities

Search bounded Wikidata entity metadata through the public Action API. Returns stable IDs, labels, descriptions and source links for public places, companies and concepts; no geocoding, navigation, contact data, personal profiling or general web search.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `search_open_entities`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/search-open-entities

## Facts

- Tool: `search_open_entities`
- Server: Delx Mcp A2a (`https://api.delx.ai/v1/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/davidmosiah/delx-platform
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: yes
- Parameters: 3 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | string | yes | Entity query, 1-120 characters. |
| `timeout` | integer | no | Upstream timeout in seconds. |
| `max_records` | integer | no | Maximum number of Wikidata entity results. |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "search_open_entities",
    "arguments": {
      "query": "<query>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why search_open_entities is rated Low

This is a read-only search operation against public Wikidata entities. It queries and returns metadata without modifying data, executing code, or accessing sensitive information. The exclusions confirm it does not provide navigation, contact details, or personal data. Misuse would have minimal blast radius—an agent could only retrieve publicly available reference information about entities.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states it 'Search[es] bounded Wikidata entity metadata' and 'Returns stable IDs, labels, descriptions and source links' with explicit exclusions: 'no geocoding, navigation, contact data, personal profiling or general web search.' The tool…"

## Use case

AI agents call search_open_entities to retrieve information from Delx Mcp A2a 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 Delx Mcp A2a:

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

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- `util_arr_drop` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/util-arr-drop.md
- `util_dedent_text` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/util-dedent-text.md
- `util_dedupe_lines` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/util-dedupe-lines.md
- `util_header_map_normalize` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/util-header-map-normalize.md
- `util_http_request_canonicalize` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/util-http-request-canonicalize.md
- `util_remove_punctuation` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/util-remove-punctuation.md
- `util_text_truncate` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/util-text-truncate.md
- `util_truncate_middle` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/util-truncate-middle.md
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- `quick_session` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a/quick-session.md
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## 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=io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-davidmosiah-delx-mcp-a2a