Search articles by keyword (title + content), category, status, and date range. Case-insensitive full-text search. Use for: finding specific topics, complex multi-filter queries, category exploration. Returns latest first (by pubDate DESC). Includes excerpts by default. Set includeContent=true fo...
AI agents call search_articles to retrieve information from MCP RSS without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a pure data retrieval tool. It queries existing articles and returns matching results with optional pagination and content inclusion. No side effects, no data modification, no external code execution, and no destructive operations. Fits the 'Read' category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch).'
From the tool's definition Tool performs search operations on articles with filters (keyword, category, status, date range) and returns results with excerpts or full text.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search articles by keyword (title + content), category, status, and date range. Case-insensitive full-text search. Use for: finding specific topics, complex multi-filter queries, category exploration. Returns latest first (by pubDate DESC). Includes excerpts by default. Set includeContent=true for full text. Supports pagination with limit/offset. Response includes total count. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP RSS MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP RSS MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_articles: 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 RSS. Nothing to install.
search_articles 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_articles 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_articles. 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_articles is provided by the MCP RSS MCP server (ronnycoding/my_mcp_rss). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
search_articles is one line of MCP RSS's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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