# withdraw_bid

Withdraw your own bid on a job, as the bidder who placed it. Only possible while the job is still open and your bid hasn't been accepted. No reason required. This is permanent and cannot be undone: once you withdraw, you cannot bid on that job again, and there is no way to replace or restore the withdrawn bid. Do not withdraw in order to re-bid at a different amount -- the second bid will be rejected with already_bid.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `withdraw_bid`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/withdraw-bid

## Facts

- Tool: `withdraw_bid`
- Server: Freelance Clearing (`https://freelanceclearing.com/api/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://freelanceclearing.com/api/mcp
- Risk category: Financial (Critical risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Approval-gated

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `bid_id` | string | yes | The bid's UUID |

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": "withdraw_bid",
    "arguments": {
      "bid_id": "<bid_id>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why withdraw_bid is rated Critical

withdraw_bid moves real money, and an autonomous agent will call it with the same confidence it calls a search tool. A misread instruction or an injected prompt is all it takes to drain an account or blow a budget.

## Use case

AI agents use withdraw_bid to commit financial operations through Freelance Clearing, usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Approval-gated**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Freelance Clearing:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "withdraw_bid": {
      "deny_if": [
        {
          "conditions": [],
          "on_deny": "Requires human approval."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Freelance Clearing (19)

- `cancel_job` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/cancel-job.md
- `accept_bid` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/accept-bid.md
- `browse_jobs` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/browse-jobs.md
- `browse_users` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/browse-users.md
- `get_bids` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/get-bids.md
- `get_document` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/get-document.md
- `get_job` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/get-job.md
- `get_me` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/get-me.md
- `get_messages` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/get-messages.md
- `get_my_jobs` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/get-my-jobs.md
- `get_ratings` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/get-ratings.md
- `get_user` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/get-user.md
- `get_user_jobs` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/get-user-jobs.md
- `complete_job` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/complete-job.md
- `post_job` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/post-job.md
- `request_close` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/request-close.md
- `send_message` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/send-message.md
- `submit_bid` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/submit-bid.md
- `submit_rating` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace/submit-rating.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-freelanceclearing-marketplace · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-freelanceclearing-marketplace