# List competitor categories

List stored competitor-catalogue category strings and their listing counts.

## Endpoint: GET /v1/competitors/categories

- Method: `GET`
- Path: `/v1/competitors/categories`
- Authentication: Bearer API credential or OAuth access token
- Required scope: `context:read`
- MCP tool: `search_apps`
- MCP action: `categories`

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

## Known errors

- 400 invalid_request for an invalid filter, identity or limit.
- 401 authentication_required for a missing or invalid credential.
- 402 subscription_required when access is not entitled.
- 403 authorization_required for a missing scope or unavailable preview access.
- 403 workspace_not_accessible when x-genviral-tenancy names a workspace the credential cannot reach.
- 404 not_found when the record is outside the accessible catalogue.
- 429 rate_limited; honor Retry-After when present.
- 429 daily_call_limit; the plan's daily API and MCP calls are used until 00:00 UTC.

## Request

This read has no query parameters.

```
curl --get 'https://api.peekpanda.com/v1/competitors/categories' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $PEEKPANDA_TOKEN" \
  --header 'x-genviral-tenancy: personal'
```

## MCP request

Call search_apps with action categories. Path fields go in params, filters in query, and a write body in body.

```
{
  "name": "search_apps",
  "arguments": {
    "request": {
      "action": "categories"
    }
  }
}

```

## Response

Each row is a stored category string and how many listings use it.

```
{
  "data": [
    {
      "category": "Health & Fitness",
      "count": 120
    }
  ]
}

```

## Source

Competitor catalogue category strings on stored listings.

## Refresh

This read returns stored observations and does not start collection.