List all help center categories from the database.
AI agents call help_list_categories to retrieve information from Mcp Bot Crawler without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or lists existing help center category data from a database. The verb 'list' and the absence of any modification, deletion, or execution capability clearly place this in the Read category. The blast radius is minimal—unauthorized access would expose category metadata but cannot alter, delete, or trigger external operations. Severity is low.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'help_list_categories' and description 'List all help center categories from the database' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no data modification or side effects.
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List all help center categories from the database. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Bot Crawler MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Bot Crawler MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for help_list_categories: 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 Mcp Bot Crawler. Nothing to install.
help_list_categories 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 help_list_categories 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 help_list_categories. 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.
help_list_categories is provided by the Mcp Bot Crawler MCP server (merulocal/hellogrowthcrmwebsite_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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