google-trends.categories
List all Google Trends category and subcategory labels you can pass to other Google Trends tools in the category field. Returns cat (array of category names, including All categories) and msg. Use this before interest-over-time or interest-by-region calls when filtering by category. Cost = 5 tokens.
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What google-trends.categories does on Vee3
AI agents call google-trends.categories to retrieve information from Vee3 without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why google-trends.categories is rated Low
This is a pure data retrieval tool that enumerates available categories for use in downstream queries. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—misuse returns only metadata about category labels, posing no security or operational risk.
From the tool's definition Tool performs enumeration: 'List all Google Trends category and subcategory labels you can pass to other Google Trends tools'. Returns structured data (cat array and msg) with no side effects.
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The rule that runs google-trends.categories safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Vee3, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For google-trends.categories, this is the rule to start with:
google-trends.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 Vee3, apply this rule, and every google-trends.categories call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about google-trends.categories
List all Google Trends category and subcategory labels you can pass to other Google Trends tools in the category field. Returns cat (array of category names, including All categories) and msg. Use this before interest-over-time or interest-by-region calls when filtering by category. Cost = 5 tokens. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Vee3 MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Vee3 MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for google-trends.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 Vee3. Nothing to install.
google-trends.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 google-trends.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 google-trends.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.
google-trends.categories is provided by the Vee3 MCP server (https://mcp.vee3.io/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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