get_categories

List available business verticals per country. Use to discover what kinds of businesses agents can search for in a given region.

Server AI List My Business mutamiri-sudo/ailistmybusiness
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What get_categories does on AI List My Business

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

Why get_categories needs a policy

This tool queries and returns a directory listing of business categories without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any external operations. It is purely informational, suitable for discovery before searching. No PII or financial data is exposed, and no actions are triggered.

From the tool's definition Tool description states 'List available business verticals per country' — a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects. Returns catalog metadata only.

Questions about get_categories

What does the get_categories tool do? +

List available business verticals per country. Use to discover what kinds of businesses agents can search for in a given region. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AI List My Business MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_categories? +

Register the AI List My Business MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_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 AI List My Business. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get_categories? +

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

Can I rate-limit get_categories? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_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.

How do I block get_categories completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_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.

What MCP server provides get_categories? +

get_categories is provided by the AI List My Business MCP server (mutamiri-sudo/ailistmybusiness). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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