Searches the web for information on any topic using search engines
AI agents call search to retrieve information from MCP Server with Google ADK without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only retrieves and queries data from web search engines without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could perform unwanted searches but cannot cause harm beyond information gathering. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Searches the web for information on any topic using search engines' - a pure information retrieval operation with no modification or execution capabilities.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Server with Google ADK, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search": {}
}
}search is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Searches the web for information on any topic using search engines. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Server with Google ADK MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Server with Google ADK 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 MCP Server with Google ADK. 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 MCP Server with Google ADK MCP server (zayedrais/ai_agent_with_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP Server with Google ADK, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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