Search MCP servers on mcpmarket.com by keyword. Returns name, description, popularity, and link for each result.
AI agents call mcpmarket_search to retrieve information from Mcp Mcpmarket without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
mcpmarket_search performs read-only discovery operations—searching a repository and returning metadata about MCP servers. There are no side effects, data modifications, code execution, deletions, or financial implications. This is a straightforward search/query tool fitting the 'Read' category with low severity since misuse would only retrieve information about available packages.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search MCP servers on mcpmarket.com by keyword. Returns name, description, popularity, and link for each result.' This is a query operation that retrieves and returns search results without modifying any data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search MCP servers on mcpmarket.com by keyword. Returns name, description, popularity, and link for each result. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Mcpmarket MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Mcpmarket MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for mcpmarket_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 Mcp Mcpmarket. Nothing to install.
mcpmarket_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 mcpmarket_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 mcpmarket_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.
mcpmarket_search is provided by the Mcp Mcpmarket MCP server (xzeroone/mcp-mcpmarket). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
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