escrow_get
Reports an escrow's status, plus a live solvency check on the buyer: does the wallet still hold the amount, and is the payment authorization still valid on-chain. Worth calling while you work: if the buyer defunds or cancels the authorization, this is where you find out, and stopping early costs ...
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What escrow_get does on AFOS — Agentic Financial OS
AI agents call escrow_get to retrieve information from AFOS — Agentic Financial OS without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
token | string | Yes | Your buyer_token or seller_token for this escrow. |
escrow_id | string | Yes | The escrow to inspect. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why escrow_get is rated Low
Despite the financial domain context, this tool merely queries the state of an escrow and validates on-chain conditions. It retrieves information about solvency and payment authorization status without executing any financial transaction, modifying balances, or irreversibly changing data. The mention of 'stopping early' refers to the caller's decision logic, not an action the tool itself performs.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'escrow_get'; description uses 'Reports', 'check', and 'find out' — all retrieval/query operations with no side effects. No state changes, no fund movements, no deletions.
Risk signalsHandles credentials or secrets (token)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs escrow_get 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_get, this is the rule to start with:
escrow_get 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 AFOS — Agentic Financial OS, apply this rule, and every escrow_get call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about escrow_get
Reports an escrow's status, plus a live solvency check on the buyer: does the wallet still hold the amount, and is the payment authorization still valid on-chain. Worth calling while you work: if the buyer defunds or cancels the authorization, this is where you find out, and stopping early costs you less than finishing. Requires either party's token. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AFOS — Agentic Financial OS MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
escrow_get accepts 2 parameters: token, 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_get: 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_get 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 escrow_get 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_get. 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_get 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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