MCPMCP Tools/Reference Data

Reference Data

Static reference lists — directory sites and categories.

list_sites

Readreference:read

List the directory/publisher catalog OS can submit listings to (Google, Facebook, Apple, Bing + long-tail directories). Global reference data — no clientId. Filter by search (name or url), active, siteType, or country (ISO-2; includes worldwide sites). Ordered by priority (GABF first).

Parameters
searchstringoptional
Match display name or url
activebooleanoptional
Only active (true) or inactive (false) sites
siteType"API" | "COPY" | "DOWNSTREAM" | "LIVEQUERY" | "DUMP" | "MANUAL"optional
API | COPY | DOWNSTREAM | LIVEQUERY | DUMP | MANUAL
countrystringoptional
ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 (e.g. US) — includes worldwide sites
limitnumberoptional
Max rows (1–500, default 100)
Example request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "list_sites",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
Example response
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "content": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "text": "..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response shape shown for illustration — the actual content depends on the tool and your data.

MCPMCP Tools/Reference Data/list_categories

list_categories

Readreference:read

Search the general business category taxonomy (mirrors Google's, thousands of entries). Global reference data — no clientId. Pass a `search` query; returns id + name. The id is a Category id (cuid) to set as a location's general category. For a specific publisher's own catalog, use list_publisher_categories.

Parameters
searchstringoptional
Category name substring
limitnumberoptional
Max rows (1–100, default 25)
Example request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "list_categories",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
Example response
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "content": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "text": "..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response shape shown for illustration — the actual content depends on the tool and your data.

MCPMCP Tools/Reference Data/list_publisher_categories

list_publisher_categories

Readreference:read

Search a single publisher's OWN category catalog — GABF: google, apple, bing, facebook. Global reference data. Returns that publisher's native category ids + display names. Apple categories are country-specific — pass country (ISO-2). Use the returned ids for a location's publisher categories (primaryCategoryGoogle / facebookCategoryId / appleCategoryId / bingCategoryId).

Parameters
publisher"google" | "apple" | "bing" | "facebook"required
google | apple | bing | facebook
querystringoptional
Category name substring to match
countrystringoptional
ISO-2 country (recommended for Apple)
Example request
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "list_publisher_categories",
    "arguments": {
      "publisher": "google"
    }
  }
}
Example response
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {
    "content": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "text": "..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response shape shown for illustration — the actual content depends on the tool and your data.