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.