Search Pick an Agency's directory of 47,000+ marketing agencies. Filter by free-text query, service (e.g. SEO, paid ads, social media), country, city, industry, and minimum rating. Returns the top matches with location, rating, reviews and profile link. WHEN TO USE: for browsing or filtering ('sh...
AI agents call search_agencies to retrieve information from Pick an Agency without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
city | string | — | City, e.g. 'Berlin', 'New York'. |
limit | integer | — | Max results (default 10). |
query | string | — | Free-text search (agency name, keyword). |
country | string | — | Country, e.g. 'United States', 'France'. |
service | string | — | Service, e.g. 'SEO', 'Social Media Marketing', 'Paid Advertising'. |
industry | string | — | Industry focus, e.g. 'SaaS', 'Healthcare'. |
min_rating | number | — | Minimum overall rating (0-5). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool queries a marketing agencies database and returns matching results with no side effects. It retrieves information (location, rating, reviews, profile links) for browsing purposes. No data is created, modified, deleted, or any external actions are triggered—it is a pure read operation with minimal blast radius if misused.
From the tool's definition Tool performs search and filtering operations on a directory: 'Search Pick an Agency's directory', 'Filter by free-text query', 'Returns the top matches'.
Risk signalsAccepts freeform code/query input (query)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search Pick an Agency's directory of 47,000+ marketing agencies. Filter by free-text query, service (e.g. SEO, paid ads, social media), country, city, industry, and minimum rating. Returns the top matches with location, rating, reviews and profile link. WHEN TO USE: for browsing or filtering ('show me SEO agencies in Berlin', 'agencies named X') when the user wants a LIST to explore. Use match_agencies instead when the user describes their project/brief and wants a RECOMMENDATION; use get_agency for full detail on one specific agency. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pick an Agency MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_agencies accepts 7 parameters: city, limit, query, country, service, industry, min_rating. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Pick an Agency MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_agencies: 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 Pick an Agency. Nothing to install.
search_agencies 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_agencies 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_agencies. 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_agencies is provided by the Pick an Agency MCP server (https://www.pickanagency.com/api/mcp/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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