Full-text search the curated NORMA control corpus. Filter by framework (NIS2 / DORA / ISO 27001 / ISO 42001 / EU AI Act / ISO 22301 / ISO 27701 / CRA). Returns matching templates with title, framework, slug, source_refs, and an excerpt around the match.
AI agents call search_controls to retrieve information from NORMA MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a search query across compliance control frameworks and returns results (templates, titles, references, excerpts). It has no side effects: no data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. It is a classic Read operation analogous to searching documentation or a database query that does not alter state.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states: "Full-text search the curated NORMA control corpus" with "Returns matching templates" — purely informational retrieval with no modification, creation, deletion, or execution capabilities.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Full-text search the curated NORMA control corpus. Filter by framework (NIS2 / DORA / ISO 27001 / ISO 42001 / EU AI Act / ISO 22301 / ISO 27701 / CRA). Returns matching templates with title, framework, slug, source_refs, and an excerpt around the match. It is categorised as a Read tool in the NORMA MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the NORMA MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_controls: 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 NORMA MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_controls 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 search_controls 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 search_controls. 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.
search_controls is provided by the NORMA MCP Server MCP server (kynosure-ai/norma-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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