Look up search volume, competition, CPC, and monthly trends for a list of keywords using DataForSEO. Results are cached for 30 days — repeated lookups for the same keywords are free. IMPORTANT: This calls a paid API. The response includes meta.from_cache and meta.from_api counts so you can see wh...
AI agents call lookup_keywords to retrieve information from Rampify MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves SEO metrics from DataForSEO without modifying, deleting, or executing anything. While it incurs financial costs by calling a paid API (which could escalate to Financial category in misuse scenarios), the tool itself is fundamentally a Read operation — it queries and returns data.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Look up search volume, competition, CPC, and monthly trends' — these are data retrieval operations with no side effects. Results are explicitly cached to minimize API calls.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Look up search volume, competition, CPC, and monthly trends for a list of keywords using DataForSEO. Results are cached for 30 days — repeated lookups for the same keywords are free. IMPORTANT: This calls a paid API. The response includes meta.from_cache and meta.from_api counts so you can see what hit the paid API vs cache. Always tell the user before calling this tool and how many keywords you. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Rampify MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Rampify MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for lookup_keywords: 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 Rampify MCP Server. Nothing to install.
lookup_keywords 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 lookup_keywords 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 lookup_keywords. 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.
lookup_keywords is provided by the Rampify MCP Server MCP server (rampify-dev/rampify-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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