currents.news.categories
List all 46 available news categories: technology, business, health, sports, science, entertainment, finance, world, politics, and more. Use to discover valid category values for filtering.
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What currents.news.categories does on Apibase
AI agents call currents.news.categories to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
locale | string | — | Response locale (default: en) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why currents.news.categories is rated Low
Tool retrieves and lists static category metadata; pure information query without mutations.
From the tool's definition List all available news categories; no side effects or data modification.
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The rule that runs currents.news.categories safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For currents.news.categories, this is the rule to start with:
currents.news.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 Apibase, apply this rule, and every currents.news.categories call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about currents.news.categories
List all 46 available news categories: technology, business, health, sports, science, entertainment, finance, world, politics, and more. Use to discover valid category values for filtering. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
currents.news.categories accepts 1 parameter: locale. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for currents.news.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 Apibase. Nothing to install.
currents.news.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 currents.news.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 currents.news.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.
currents.news.categories is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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