search_documents
AI agents call search_documents to retrieve information from World Bank Documents MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
search_documents performs information retrieval without side effects. It queries and returns World Bank documents matching search criteria. This is a pure read operation—no data is created, modified, deleted, or financial transactions are initiated. Confidence is high due to clear context from the server's stated purpose and sibling tools, though the tool's own description is empty.
From the tool's definition Tool is part of a World Bank Documents API server focused on 'discovery and retrieval' and 'full-text search'. Sibling tools include 'filter_documents', 'get_document', and 'get_facets', all of which are read-only retrieval operations.
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search_documents. It is categorised as a Read tool in the World Bank Documents MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the World Bank Documents MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_documents: 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 World Bank Documents MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_documents 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_documents 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_documents. 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_documents is provided by the World Bank Documents MCP Server MCP server (mounika-nemalipuri/wb_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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