Search for news articles using SearXNG. Returns recent news with titles, URLs, and summaries.
AI agents call searxng_news to retrieve information from SearXNG MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries a search engine index to retrieve news data. It has no side effects, cannot modify or delete data, does not execute code or commands, and does not involve financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an agent could retrieve excessive results or perform repetitive queries, but no irreversible damage or security breach would occur. This is a straightforward Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search for news articles' and 'Returns recent news with titles, URLs, and summaries' — purely retrieval operations with no data modification, deletion, or execution capability.
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Search for news articles using SearXNG. Returns recent news with titles, URLs, and summaries. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SearXNG MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SearXNG MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for searxng_news: 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 SearXNG MCP Server. Nothing to install.
searxng_news 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 searxng_news 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 searxng_news. 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.
searxng_news is provided by the SearXNG MCP Server MCP server (ngc-shj/searxng-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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