Search Google Maps businesses by type and location. Returns each business with a Lead Quality Score (0–100) and outreach hints.
AI agents call maps_search to retrieve information from Intelligence Api without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
maps_search performs a read-only query against Google Maps data, returning structured business information and scoring. While the server enables autonomous payments via x402, this tool itself does not move money or commit financial obligations — it only retrieves data. The 'outreach hints' are informational metadata, not execution of outreach. No side effects occur from calling this tool.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search Google Maps businesses by type and location. Returns each business with a Lead Quality Score...' — retrieval and querying of public business data with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
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Search Google Maps businesses by type and location. Returns each business with a Lead Quality Score (0–100) and outreach hints. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Intelligence Api MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Intelligence Api MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for maps_search: 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 Intelligence Api. Nothing to install.
maps_search 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 maps_search 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 maps_search. 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.
maps_search is provided by the Intelligence Api MCP server (samrothschild23/intelligence-api). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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