nasantrs.reports.search
Full-text search across 645,000+ NASA technical reports, conference papers, contractor reports, presentations, and memoranda spanning 1915 to present. Filter by NASA center (JPL, GSFC, JSC, MSFC, LaRC, ARC, GRC, KSC) and sort by relevance or date. Returns title, abstract, authors with affiliation...
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What nasantrs.reports.search does on Apibase
AI agents call nasantrs.reports.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
page | integer | — | Page number for pagination (default 1). Use with limit to browse large result sets. |
sort | string | — | Sort order: "score" (relevance, default), "releaseDate" (public release date), "submittedDate" (submission date). |
limit | integer | — | Number of results to return per page (1–25, default 10). |
order | string | — | Sort direction: "asc" (ascending) or "desc" (descending, default for date sorts). |
query | string | — | Full-text search query. Searches titles, abstracts, keywords, and author names (e.g. "solar wind", "lunar lander", "propulsion system"). Leave empty to browse a |
center | string | — | Filter by NASA center code. Examples: JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), GSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center), JSC (Johnson), MSFC (Marshall), LaRC (Langley), ARC ( |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why nasantrs.reports.search is rated Low
Tool retrieves and queries public NASA documents without creating, modifying, or deleting data.
From the tool's definition Full-text search across technical reports; returns title, abstract, authors, document type, publication date, keywords, PDF URLs.
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The rule that runs nasantrs.reports.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 nasantrs.reports.search, this is the rule to start with:
nasantrs.reports.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 nasantrs.reports.search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about nasantrs.reports.search
Full-text search across 645,000+ NASA technical reports, conference papers, contractor reports, presentations, and memoranda spanning 1915 to present. Filter by NASA center (JPL, GSFC, JSC, MSFC, LaRC, ARC, GRC, KSC) and sort by relevance or date. Returns title, abstract, authors with affiliations, document type, publication date, subject categories, keywords, and direct PDF download URLs. Covers aeronautics, space exploration, Earth science, astrophysics, propulsion, materials science, robotics, and all NASA research domains. Free and open access — US Government public domain. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
nasantrs.reports.search accepts 6 parameters: page, sort, limit, order, query, center. 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 nasantrs.reports.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.
nasantrs.reports.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 nasantrs.reports.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 nasantrs.reports.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.
nasantrs.reports.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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