chuck_categories
List available Chuck Norris joke categories.
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What chuck_categories does on UnClick
AI agents call chuck_categories to retrieve information from UnClick without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why chuck_categories is rated Low
This tool retrieves categorical metadata from a Chuck Norris joke API and returns it to the user. It performs no writes, deletions, code execution, or financial operations. The blast radius of misuse is negligible—an AI agent cannot cause harm by repeatedly listing joke categories.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'chuck_categories' and description 'List available Chuck Norris joke categories' indicate a retrieval operation that queries a static list of joke categories with no side effects or data modification.
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The rule that runs chuck_categories safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and UnClick, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For chuck_categories, this is the rule to start with:
chuck_categories 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 UnClick, apply this rule, and every chuck_categories call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about chuck_categories
List available Chuck Norris joke categories. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UnClick MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the UnClick MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for chuck_categories: 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 UnClick. Nothing to install.
chuck_categories 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 chuck_categories 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 chuck_categories. 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.
chuck_categories is provided by the UnClick MCP server (@unclick/mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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