crow_linkding_search
Search Linkding bookmarks by text. Searches across URL, title, description, notes, and tags.
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What crow_linkding_search does on Crow
AI agents call crow_linkding_search to retrieve information from Crow without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why crow_linkding_search is rated Low
This tool retrieves or queries bookmark data without any side effects or ability to create, modify, or delete records. It is a pure Read operation with minimal security risk—the worst outcome of misuse would be unauthorized access to existing bookmark data, which has low blast radius compared to write, execute, or destructive operations.
From the tool's definition Tool performs a search operation across bookmark data (URL, title, description, notes, tags) with no modification capability indicated. The verb 'search' and the read-only nature of querying stored bookmarks confirms this is a retrieval operation.
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The rule that runs crow_linkding_search safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Crow, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For crow_linkding_search, this is the rule to start with:
crow_linkding_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 Crow, apply this rule, and every crow_linkding_search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about crow_linkding_search
Search Linkding bookmarks by text. Searches across URL, title, description, notes, and tags. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crow MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Crow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for crow_linkding_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 Crow. Nothing to install.
crow_linkding_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 crow_linkding_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 crow_linkding_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.
crow_linkding_search is provided by the Crow MCP server (kh0pper/crow). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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