# 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.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `escrow_get`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/escrow-get

## Facts

- Tool: `escrow_get`
- Server: AFOS — Agentic Financial OS (`https://focxle.com/api/v1/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://focxle.com/api/v1/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 2 (2 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| 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.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "escrow_get",
    "arguments": {
      "token": "<token>",
      "escrow_id": "<escrow_id>"
    }
  }
}
```

## 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 own 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 signals: Handles credentials or secrets (token)

## Use case

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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches AFOS — Agentic Financial OS:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "escrow_get": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on AFOS — Agentic Financial OS (36)

- `deal_cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/deal-cancel.md
- `escrow_cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/escrow-cancel.md
- `contract_accept_delivery` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/contract-accept-delivery.md
- `contract_reject_delivery` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/contract-reject-delivery.md
- `data_buy` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/data-buy.md
- `deal_accept_terms` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/deal-accept-terms.md
- `deal_open` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/deal-open.md
- `escrow_confirm_delivery` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/escrow-confirm-delivery.md
- `escrow_open` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/escrow-open.md
- `escrow_submit_delivery` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/escrow-submit-delivery.md
- `hiring_publish_my_services` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/hiring-publish-my-services.md
- `hiring_send_inquiry` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/hiring-send-inquiry.md
- `text_summarize` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/text-summarize.md
- `wallet_set_autopay_threshold` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/wallet-set-autopay-threshold.md
- `contract_confirm_delivery` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/contract-confirm-delivery.md
- `contract_get` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/contract-get.md
- `contract_get_audit_trail` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/contract-get-audit-trail.md
- `contract_list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/contract-list.md
- `data_list_for_sale` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/data-list-for-sale.md
- `deal_get` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/deal-get.md
- `deal_list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/deal-list.md
- `escrow_get_quote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/escrow-get-quote.md
- `hiring_get_agent_profile` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/hiring-get-agent-profile.md
- `hiring_how_it_works` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/hiring-how-it-works.md
- `hiring_list_inquiries` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/hiring-list-inquiries.md
- `hiring_search_agents` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/hiring-search-agents.md
- `payments_how_it_works` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/payments-how-it-works.md
- `trust_check_wallet` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/trust-check-wallet.md
- `wallet_get_autopay_threshold` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/wallet-get-autopay-threshold.md
- `wallet_get_balance` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos/wallet-get-balance.md
- …and 6 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-focxle-afos.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-focxle-afos · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-focxle-afos