Search for available local service businesses by category and/or location. Use this to find businesses before checking availability or booking. IMPORTANT: If the user's request is broad (e.g. 'therapist in Greece', 'lawyer in London') and they haven't named a specific specialization or service mo...
Accepts freeform code/query input (query)
Part of the Qasperai MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.
AI agents call search_businesses to retrieve information from Qasperai without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.
Even though search_businesses only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.
Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.
tools:
search_businesses:
rules:
- action: allowSee the full Qasperai policy for all 8 tools.
Agents calling read-class tools like search_businesses have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:
Other tools in the Read risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, allow) apply to each.
Search for available local service businesses by category and/or location. Use this to find businesses before checking availability or booking. IMPORTANT: If the user's request is broad (e.g. 'therapist in Greece', 'lawyer in London') and they haven't named a specific specialization or service mode, call get_refinement_options FIRST, ask the user what to narrow by, then call this tool with the answer in attributeFilters and/or serviceMode. Skip that step when the user already named specifics or explicitly asked to see everything. Each result includes an 'enabledFeatures' array indicating what the business supports: 'info' (always on), 'inquiry' (can receive SMS inquiries), 'booking' (can be booked directly). Each result also includes the exact slug to reuse verbatim in later tool calls. Always provide latitude and longitude when the user mentions any city, neighborhood, or address — resolve the name to coordinates yourself (e.g. 'Athens' → lat 37.9838, lng 23.7275). Always include the country name in the location parameter alongside coordinates. For country-wide searches (e.g. 'therapist in Greece'), send only location without coordinates.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Qasperai MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for search_businesses. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Qasperai MCP server.
search_businesses 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 search_businesses rule in your Intercept 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 Intercept policy for search_businesses. 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.
search_businesses is provided by the Qasperai MCP server (@qasperai/mcp-server). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.
npx -y @policylayer/intercept