Scrape content from web pages (using Trafilatura, converting Reddit to old.reddit). Caches results and provides citations. Is able to read PDF files and convert these to Markdown.
AI agents call get_website to retrieve information from MCP SearXNG Enhanced without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and extracts data from web pages and PDF files without making any changes to those resources. It performs content retrieval and transformation for reading purposes only, with no side effects or state modifications. This is a classic Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Scrape content from web pages' and 'read PDF files' with caching and citation provision. No modification, deletion, or execution capabilities mentioned.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_website gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP SearXNG Enhanced, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_website:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_website": {}
}
}get_website is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Scrape content from web pages (using Trafilatura, converting Reddit to old.reddit). Caches results and provides citations. Is able to read PDF files and convert these to Markdown. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP SearXNG Enhanced MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP SearXNG Enhanced MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_website: 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 MCP SearXNG Enhanced. Nothing to install.
get_website 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 get_website 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 get_website. 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.
get_website is provided by the MCP SearXNG Enhanced MCP server (overtlids/mcp-searxng-enhanced). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 3 MCP SearXNG Enhanced tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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3 MCP SearXNG Enhanced tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.