searchTools
Search available tools by keyword or category. Returns matching tool names and descriptions.
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What searchTools does on Stable Baseline
AI agents call searchTools to retrieve information from Stable Baseline 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | — | Natural language description of what you want to do. |
category | string | — | Category filter. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why searchTools is rated Low
searchTools performs information discovery only—it searches and returns tool metadata without creating, modifying, executing, deleting, or moving any resources. This is a classic Read operation with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search available tools by keyword or category. Returns matching tool names and descriptions.' This is a pure query/retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs searchTools safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Stable Baseline, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For searchTools, this is the rule to start with:
searchTools 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 Stable Baseline, apply this rule, and every searchTools call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about searchTools
Search available tools by keyword or category. Returns matching tool names and descriptions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Stable Baseline MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
searchTools accepts 2 parameters: query, category. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Stable Baseline MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for searchTools: 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 Stable Baseline. Nothing to install.
searchTools 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 searchTools 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 searchTools. 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.
searchTools is provided by the Stable Baseline MCP server (https://api.stablebaseline.io/functions/v1/cloud-serve/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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