This record as markdown: /tools/advaitgore-agent-payment/get-audit-log.md
What get_audit_log does on AgentPay
AI agents call get_audit_log to retrieve information from AgentPay without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_audit_log is rated Low
This tool retrieves audit logs, which is a read-only operation with no side effects. Even in a financial authorization context (AgentPay), audit log retrieval does not move money, execute code, or modify state. The empty description slightly lowers confidence, but the naming convention strongly indicates a query/retrieval function.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_audit_log' indicates retrieval of audit/historical data with no modification capability. No description provided to suggest otherwise.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs get_audit_log safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and AgentPay, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_audit_log, this is the rule to start with:
get_audit_log is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect AgentPay, apply this rule, and every get_audit_log call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_audit_log
get_audit_log is a read tool on the AgentPay MCP server. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AgentPay MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AgentPay MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_audit_log: 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 AgentPay. Nothing to install.
get_audit_log 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 get_audit_log 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 get_audit_log. 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.
get_audit_log is provided by the AgentPay MCP server (advaitgore/agent_payment). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
More on AgentPay, and thousands of servers like it.
This server
Across the catalogue