# yelp_search_businesses

Search for businesses on Yelp.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `yelp_search_businesses`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server/yelp-search-businesses

## Facts

- Tool: `yelp_search_businesses`
- Server: UnClick (`@unclick/mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server.md
- Install: `npx -y @unclick/mcp-server`
- Homepage: https://github.com/malamutemayhem/unclick-agent-native-endpoints.git
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 7
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `term` | string | no |  |
| `limit` | number | no |  |
| `api_key` | string | no |  |
| `latitude` | number | no |  |
| `location` | string | no |  |
| `longitude` | number | no |  |
| `categories` | string | no |  |

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": "yelp_search_businesses",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why yelp_search_businesses is rated Low

This tool performs a search query against Yelp's business database. Search operations are read-only with no side effects, data modification, code execution, or financial impact. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve publicly available business information. Severity is low because even unlimited searches cause no harm to systems or data integrity.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'yelp_search_businesses' and description 'Search for businesses on Yelp' indicate a query operation that retrieves business information without modifying data."

Risk signals: Handles credentials or secrets (api_key)

## Use case

AI agents call yelp_search_businesses 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches UnClick:

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

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- `pinecone_delete_vectors` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server/pinecone-delete-vectors.md
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- `upstash_redis_del` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server/upstash-redis-del.md
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- `bitwise_calc` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server/bitwise-calc.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-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server