Search for specific businesses by name or type in a given area
AI agents call osm_search_businesses to retrieve information from SkyFi MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries existing geospatial data about business locations. It retrieves information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations with side effects. The verb 'Search' and read-only nature of querying public POI databases (Points of Interest from OpenStreetMap) places it squarely in the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'osm_search_businesses' and description 'Search for specific businesses by name or type in a given area' indicate data retrieval without modification. Uses OpenStreetMap (public geodata) to query business locations.
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Search for specific businesses by name or type in a given area. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SkyFi MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SkyFi MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for osm_search_businesses: 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 SkyFi MCP Server. Nothing to install.
osm_search_businesses 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 osm_search_businesses 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 osm_search_businesses. 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.
osm_search_businesses is provided by the SkyFi MCP Server MCP server (pskinnertech/skyfi-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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