fbiwanted.persons.search
Search the FBI Wanted API for wanted persons, fugitives, and missing/victim listings. Filter by name, FBI field office, sex, race, or person classification. Returns title, charges, physical description, reward, field offices, and photos for each match (api.fbi.gov, public US Government data)
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What fbiwanted.persons.search does on Apibase
AI agents call fbiwanted.persons.search 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
sex | string | — | Filter by sex (lowercase values only). |
page | integer | — | Page number for pagination (default 1). |
race | string | — | Filter by race, lowercase (e.g. "white", "black", "hispanic", "asian", "native"). |
title | string | — | Filter by name/title, partial case-insensitive match (e.g. "smith"). |
page_size | integer | — | Results per page (default 20, max 50). |
field_office | string | — | Filter by FBI field office slug handling the case (e.g. "seattle", "miami", "losangeles"). |
person_classification | string | — | Filter by classification, e.g. "Main" (the wanted subject) or "Victim". |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why fbiwanted.persons.search is rated Low
Retrieves public US Government data with no side effects or state changes.
From the tool's definition Search the FBI Wanted API for wanted persons, returns title, charges, physical description, reward, photos.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs fbiwanted.persons.search 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 fbiwanted.persons.search, this is the rule to start with:
fbiwanted.persons.search 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 fbiwanted.persons.search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about fbiwanted.persons.search
Search the FBI Wanted API for wanted persons, fugitives, and missing/victim listings. Filter by name, FBI field office, sex, race, or person classification. Returns title, charges, physical description, reward, field offices, and photos for each match (api.fbi.gov, public US Government data). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
fbiwanted.persons.search accepts 7 parameters: sex, page, race, title, page_size, field_office, person_classification. 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 fbiwanted.persons.search: 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.
fbiwanted.persons.search 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 fbiwanted.persons.search 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 fbiwanted.persons.search. 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.
fbiwanted.persons.search 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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