List content / keyword opportunities flagged for a project — prompts where the brand
AI agents call list_opportunities to retrieve information from SurfRank MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and returns data about content and keyword opportunities for a project without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. It is a passive read operation that returns analytics results. The incomplete description ('prompts where the brand') does not suggest any side effects beyond data retrieval. Low severity due to read-only nature and informational output only.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_opportunities' and description indicate it 'List[s] content / keyword opportunities' — a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of external systems.
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List content / keyword opportunities flagged for a project — prompts where the brand. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SurfRank MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SurfRank MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_opportunities: 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 SurfRank MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_opportunities 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 list_opportunities 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 list_opportunities. 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.
list_opportunities is provided by the SurfRank MCP Server MCP server (surfrankai/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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