Search TheAudioDB for a music artist/band by name. Returns metadata: genre, style, mood, year formed, country, official website, English biography, and artist thumbnail image URL. Music-metadata lookup — complements MusicBrainz with biographies and artwork.
AI agents call search_artist to retrieve information from Mcp Theaudiodb without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
artist | string | Yes | Artist or band name, e.g. "Coldplay". |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool retrieves publicly available music metadata from TheAudioDB without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward lookup operation. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—returning incorrect artist information poses no security, financial, or operational risk. Confidence is high because the description explicitly confirms read-only behavior.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search[es] TheAudioDB for a music artist/band by name' and 'Returns metadata' including genre, style, mood, year formed, country, website, biography, and image URL.
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Search TheAudioDB for a music artist/band by name. Returns metadata: genre, style, mood, year formed, country, official website, English biography, and artist thumbnail image URL. Music-metadata lookup — complements MusicBrainz with biographies and artwork. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Theaudiodb MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_artist accepts 1 parameter: artist. Required: artist. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Mcp Theaudiodb MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_artist: 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 Theaudiodb. Nothing to install.
search_artist 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_artist 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_artist. 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_artist is provided by the Mcp Theaudiodb MCP server (https://gateway.pipeworx.io/theaudiodb/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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