Get trending search data from Google Trends. Restrictions: Activated for queries about trends, popularity, or interest over time. Valid: Find the search interest for
AI agents call google_trends to retrieve information from Scrapeless Ai Scrapeless without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The google_trends tool queries and retrieves publicly available trend data from Google Trends. It does not create, modify, delete, execute code, or involve financial transactions. The description explicitly restricts usage to informational queries about trends and popularity.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves trending search data from Google Trends with restrictions limited to 'queries about trends, popularity, or interest over time' — a read-only data retrieval operation with 'no side effects'
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Get trending search data from Google Trends. Restrictions: Activated for queries about trends, popularity, or interest over time. Valid: Find the search interest for. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Scrapeless Ai Scrapeless MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Scrapeless Ai Scrapeless MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for google_trends: 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 Scrapeless Ai Scrapeless. Nothing to install.
google_trends 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 google_trends 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 google_trends. 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.
google_trends is provided by the Scrapeless Ai Scrapeless MCP server (@iflow-mcp/scrapeless-ai-scrapeless-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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