Search Wikisource for primary texts and translations (en, de, ko, ...).
AI agents call search_wikisource to retrieve information from Philosophy without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only search operation against Wikisource, a collection of public domain and open-licensed texts. It has no side effects, does not execute code, does not modify data, and does not involve financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could at worst retrieve irrelevant texts or perform many searches, but cannot cause harm through this tool alone.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'search_wikisource' and description states 'Search Wikisource for primary texts and translations'. The action is a search query operation that retrieves/queries data without modifying any state.
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Search Wikisource for primary texts and translations (en, de, ko, ...). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Philosophy MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Philosophy MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_wikisource: 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 Philosophy. Nothing to install.
search_wikisource 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_wikisource 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_wikisource. 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_wikisource is provided by the Philosophy MCP server (sea9401/philosophy-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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