Search for open tasks on the marketplace. Optionally filter by capability.
AI agents call hire_search_tasks to retrieve information from AgentHire 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 information about available tasks without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. It is a passive query operation that returns data to the user. The optional filtering capability does not change its fundamental nature as a read-only operation. Severity is low because searching public marketplace data poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'hire_search_tasks' and description states it 'Search[es] for open tasks on the marketplace.' The verb 'search' is a query operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for open tasks on the marketplace. Optionally filter by capability. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AgentHire MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AgentHire MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for hire_search_tasks: 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 AgentHire MCP Server. Nothing to install.
hire_search_tasks 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 hire_search_tasks 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 hire_search_tasks. 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.
hire_search_tasks is provided by the AgentHire MCP Server MCP server (rumblingb/agent-hire-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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