Search German federal and state politicians by name (surname or partial surname, contains-match). Returns matching politicians with party, year of birth and sex. Example: name "Scholz" or "Merz". Use get_politician with a returned id for the full profile.
AI agents call search_politicians to retrieve information from Abgeordnetenwatch without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | Yes | Surname or partial surname to search for (contains match), e.g. "Scholz". |
limit | number | — | Max results to return (default 10). |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool queries a database of publicly available information about German politicians and returns search results. The description explicitly indicates it only retrieves and returns data (name, party, birth year, sex) without any side effects, modifications, or state changes. The contains-match search pattern is a standard read operation. There is no capability to create, modify, delete, or execute any operations.
From the tool's definition Tool performs a search operation that "returns matching politicians with party, year of birth and sex" - purely retrieval of public parliamentary data with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search German federal and state politicians by name (surname or partial surname, contains-match). Returns matching politicians with party, year of birth and sex. Example: name "Scholz" or "Merz". Use get_politician with a returned id for the full profile. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Abgeordnetenwatch MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_politicians accepts 2 parameters: name, limit. Required: name. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Abgeordnetenwatch MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_politicians: 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 Abgeordnetenwatch. Nothing to install.
search_politicians 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_politicians 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_politicians. 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_politicians is provided by the Abgeordnetenwatch MCP server (https://gateway.pipeworx.io/abgeordnetenwatch/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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