search.documents

Full-text search across all OPTIX intelligence documents. Use this tool when an

Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What search.documents does on OPTIX: Operational Platform for Threat Intelligence Exploration

AI agents call search.documents to retrieve information from OPTIX: Operational Platform for Threat Intelligence Exploration without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why search.documents needs a policy

This tool performs a read-only query operation against threat intelligence documents. It retrieves and returns information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. Full-text search is a standard read operation with minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent—worst case being access to existing threat intelligence data that the agent is already authorized to view.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'search.documents' and description states 'Full-text search across all OPTIX intelligence documents.' The verb 'search' and the readonly nature of querying documents without modification indicates data retrieval with no side effects.

Questions about search.documents

What does the search.documents tool do? +

Full-text search across all OPTIX intelligence documents. Use this tool when an. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OPTIX: Operational Platform for Threat Intelligence Exploration MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on search.documents? +

Register the OPTIX: Operational Platform for Threat Intelligence Exploration MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search.documents: 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 OPTIX: Operational Platform for Threat Intelligence Exploration. Nothing to install.

What risk level is search.documents? +

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

Can I rate-limit search.documents? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search.documents 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 search.documents completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search.documents. 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 search.documents? +

search.documents is provided by the OPTIX: Operational Platform for Threat Intelligence Exploration MCP server (AdamWaldie/OPTIX-MCP). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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