search-docs

Search the official PDFDancer SDK documentation by keyword. Returns matching documentation routes with titles, content snippets, and relevance scores. Use this to find information about PDFDancer features, APIs, and usage examples.

Server Pdfdancer menschmachine/pdfdancer-mcp
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What search-docs does on Pdfdancer

AI agents call search-docs to retrieve information from Pdfdancer without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why search-docs needs a policy

This tool queries documentation data and returns search results. It performs no modifications, deletions, code execution, or financial operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve documentation that is already publicly indexed, which constitutes a Read operation with low severity.

From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search[es] the official PDFDancer SDK documentation by keyword' and 'Returns matching documentation routes with titles, content snippets, and relevance scores.' This is purely a retrieval operation against indexed documentation…

Questions about search-docs

What does the search-docs tool do? +

Search the official PDFDancer SDK documentation by keyword. Returns matching documentation routes with titles, content snippets, and relevance scores. Use this to find information about PDFDancer features, APIs, and usage examples. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pdfdancer MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on search-docs? +

Register the Pdfdancer MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search-docs: 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 Pdfdancer. Nothing to install.

What risk level is search-docs? +

search-docs is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit search-docs? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search-docs 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.

How do I block search-docs completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search-docs. 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.

What MCP server provides search-docs? +

search-docs is provided by the Pdfdancer MCP server (menschmachine/pdfdancer-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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