여러 학술 DB에서 논문/문헌을 통합 검색합니다. 키워드, 저자, 연도 등으로 검색할 수 있습니다.
AI agents call search to retrieve information from Academic MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries academic data (papers, literature) from databases without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal risk—typical for academic search interfaces. No side effects, no code execution, no data destruction.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'search' and description indicates it 'searches across multiple academic databases for papers/literature' with filtering by 'keyword, author, year, etc.' These are query and retrieval operations with no modification or deletion of data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
여러 학술 DB에서 논문/문헌을 통합 검색합니다. 키워드, 저자, 연도 등으로 검색할 수 있습니다. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Academic MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Academic MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search: 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 Academic MCP. Nothing to install.
search 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 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. 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 is provided by the Academic MCP server (xinyousuozhi/academic-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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