escrow_cancel
Calls off an escrow before payment. Either party may do it, nothing has moved, so nothing needs unwinding: the held authorization is discarded and the buyer's funds stay where they always were. Cannot be used after a delivery has been verified, because that would be walking away from work already...
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What escrow_cancel does on AFOS — Agentic Financial OS
AI agents call escrow_cancel to permanently remove resources in AFOS — Agentic Financial OS, typically in cleanup and lifecycle workflows. It does its job in a single call, and there is no undo.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
token | string | Yes | Your buyer_token or seller_token for this escrow. |
reason | string | — | Why it is being called off. Recorded on the escrow for both parties. |
escrow_id | string | Yes | The escrow to cancel. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why escrow_cancel is rated Critical
While the tool does not directly transfer funds (which would be Financial), it irreversibly cancels a financial escrow arrangement and terminates binding contract terms. This is an irreversible cancellation of a financial obligation, placing it in the Destructive category.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it "calls off an escrow before payment" and "discards" the held authorization, terminating a financial arrangement.
Risk signalsHandles credentials or secrets (token)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs escrow_cancel safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and AFOS — Agentic Financial OS, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For escrow_cancel, this is the rule to start with:
escrow_cancel is removed from the agent's tool list entirely, so the agent never calls it. The rest of the server keeps working.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect AFOS — Agentic Financial OS, apply this rule, and every escrow_cancel call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about escrow_cancel
Calls off an escrow before payment. Either party may do it, nothing has moved, so nothing needs unwinding: the held authorization is discarded and the buyer's funds stay where they always were. Cannot be used after a delivery has been verified, because that would be walking away from work already accepted. Requires either party's token. It is categorised as a Destructive tool in the AFOS — Agentic Financial OS MCP Server, which means it can permanently delete or destroy data. Block by default and require explicit approval.
escrow_cancel accepts 3 parameters: token, reason, escrow_id. Required: token, escrow_id. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the AFOS — Agentic Financial OS MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for escrow_cancel: 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 AFOS — Agentic Financial OS. Nothing to install.
escrow_cancel is a Destructive tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the escrow_cancel 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 escrow_cancel. 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.
escrow_cancel is provided by the AFOS — Agentic Financial OS MCP server (https://focxle.com/api/v1/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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