# get_joke_categories

List available joke categories from JokeAPI.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_joke_categories`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/shriram-vasudevan-integrations-mcp/get-joke-categories

## Facts

- Tool: `get_joke_categories`
- Server: Integrations MCP (`shriram-vasudevan/integrations-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/shriram-vasudevan-integrations-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/Shriram-Vasudevan/integrations-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_joke_categories",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get_joke_categories is rated Low

This tool retrieves a static list of joke categories from a public API. It performs no data modification, deletion, code execution, or financial operations. The blast radius of misuse is negligible—an AI agent listing joke categories poses no security or operational risk. This is clearly a Read category tool.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name is 'get_joke_categories' and description states 'List available joke categories from JokeAPI.' The verb 'List' combined with 'available categories' indicates a read-only data retrieval operation with no side effects."

## Use case

AI agents call get_joke_categories to retrieve information from Integrations MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Integrations MCP:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_joke_categories": {}
  }
}
```

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