# app_categories

List all app categories available in the catalog.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `app_categories`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/app-categories

## Facts

- Tool: `app_categories`
- Server: Nasbridge (`maverick0628/nasbridge`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/maverick0628/nasbridge
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "app_categories",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why app_categories is rated Low

This tool retrieves and lists application categories from a catalog. It is a read-only query operation that does not modify, create, delete, or execute any code. The action is informational only, making it low severity with minimal blast radius if misused by an agent.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'app_categories' combined with description 'List all app categories available in the catalog' indicates a retrieval operation with no side effects."

## Use case

AI agents call app_categories to retrieve information from Nasbridge without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Nasbridge:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "app_categories": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Nasbridge (278)

- `acme_dns_authenticator_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/acme-dns-authenticator-delete.md
- `alertservice_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/alertservice-delete.md
- `api_key_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/api-key-delete.md
- `app_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/app-delete.md
- `app_rollback` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/app-rollback.md
- `boot_attach_disk` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/boot-attach-disk.md
- `boot_detach_disk` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/boot-detach-disk.md
- `bootenv_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/bootenv-delete.md
- `certificate_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/certificate-delete.md
- `cloud_backup_abort` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/cloud-backup-abort.md
- `cloud_backup_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/cloud-backup-delete.md
- `cloudsync_credentials_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/cloudsync-credentials-delete.md
- `cloudsync_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/cloudsync-delete.md
- `cronjob_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/cronjob-delete.md
- `dataset_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/dataset-delete.md
- `directory_services_leave` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/directory-services-leave.md
- `disk_wipe` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/disk-wipe.md
- `group_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/group-delete.md
- `initshutdown_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/initshutdown-delete.md
- `iscsi_extent_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/iscsi-extent-delete.md
- `iscsi_initiator_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/iscsi-initiator-delete.md
- `iscsi_portal_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/iscsi-portal-delete.md
- `iscsi_target_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/iscsi-target-delete.md
- `iscsi_targetextent_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/iscsi-targetextent-delete.md
- `keychaincredential_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/keychaincredential-delete.md
- `network_interface_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/network-interface-delete.md
- `network_rollback_changes` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/network-rollback-changes.md
- `network_static_route_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/network-static-route-delete.md
- `nfs_share_delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/nfs-share-delete.md
- `pool_export` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge/pool-export.md
- …and 248 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/nasbridge.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=nasbridge · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/nasbridge