search_disqualified_officers

THE RISK

Low Risk

Why search_disqualified_officers needs a policy

This tool retrieves or queries publicly available information about disqualified officers without modifying, executing external operations, deleting, or committing financial resources. It is a standard read operation against a public registry database. The data retrieved is public information maintained by Companies House and intended for lookup purposes.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_disqualified_officers' and description 'Search for disqualified officers' indicate a query operation that retrieves information about disqualified officers from the Companies House database.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_disqualified_officers gives an agent:

POLICY

How to control search_disqualified_officers

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Companies House MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search_disqualified_officers:

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "search_disqualified_officers": {}
  }
}

search_disqualified_officers is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

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FAQ

Questions about search_disqualified_officers

What does the search_disqualified_officers tool do? +

Search for disqualified officers. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Companies House MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on search_disqualified_officers? +

Register the Companies House MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_disqualified_officers: 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 Companies House MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is search_disqualified_officers? +

search_disqualified_officers is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit search_disqualified_officers? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_disqualified_officers 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.

How do I block search_disqualified_officers completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_disqualified_officers. 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.

What MCP server provides search_disqualified_officers? +

search_disqualified_officers is provided by the Companies House MCP Server MCP server (stefanoamorelli/companies-house-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Companies House MCP Server tool call.

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