Search the Online.PR directory of PR agencies and newswires worldwide. Filter by city, country, industry, service type, or keyword. Returns rated, verified agencies with profiles, services, and contact details.
AI agents call search_pr_agencies to retrieve information from Online PR - Press Release Distribution without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries a directory database to retrieve information about PR agencies. It has no capability to modify, delete, or execute operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker gains only informational access to publicly listed agency details. No financial, destructive, or execution-based actions are possible.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_pr_agencies' and description indicates it 'Search[es] the Online.PR directory...Returns rated, verified agencies with profiles, services, and contact details.' The verb 'search' and 'returns' confirm retrieval-only behavior with no…
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Search the Online.PR directory of PR agencies and newswires worldwide. Filter by city, country, industry, service type, or keyword. Returns rated, verified agencies with profiles, services, and contact details. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Online PR - Press Release Distribution MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Online PR - Press Release Distribution MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_pr_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 Online PR - Press Release Distribution. Nothing to install.
search_pr_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_pr_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_pr_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_pr_agencies is provided by the Online PR - Press Release Distribution MCP server (onlineprfoundation/online-pr-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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