Search allowlisted public tender source pages or URLs supplied in the request. This does not crawl the whole internet.
AI agents call search_public_tenders to retrieve information from EPC Tender Screening MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries data from restricted, allowlisted public tender sources without modifying, executing operations, or causing irreversible changes. The search functionality is constrained to known sources, reducing risk further. No financial transactions, code execution, or data modification occurs. This is a straightforward data retrieval operation suitable for Read classification.
From the tool's definition Tool is described as 'Search allowlisted public tender source pages' and operates on pre-approved tender sources. The verb 'search' combined with reading from pre-filtered, allowlisted sources indicates a read-only query operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search allowlisted public tender source pages or URLs supplied in the request. This does not crawl the whole internet. It is categorised as a Read tool in the EPC Tender Screening MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the EPC Tender Screening MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_public_tenders: 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 EPC Tender Screening MCP. Nothing to install.
search_public_tenders 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_public_tenders 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_public_tenders. 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_public_tenders is provided by the EPC Tender Screening MCP server (shiverion/epc-tender-screening-mcp-showcase). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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