search_datasets

What search_datasets does on Crow

AI agents call search_datasets 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 search_datasets is rated Low

This tool performs information retrieval from government data sources without modifying, deleting, or executing operations. The 'search' verb and lack of any side-effect language (create, delete, execute, update) place it squarely in the Read category. The blast radius is minimal—worst case, an AI agent retrieves publicly available government data, which carries low risk.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_datasets' and description 'Search for datasets across government sources' indicate a query/search operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capability.

The rule that runs search_datasets 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 search_datasets, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "search_datasets": {}
  }
}

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