request_booking
Lodge a booking REQUEST for any fixed-price route — airport or cruise terminal. It is created as pending; the operator confirms and the customer receives a payment link by email. No payment happens through this tool. Confirm all details with the customer first.
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What request_booking does on Booking
AI agents call request_booking to retrieve information from Booking 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
pax | integer | Yes | Passengers 1-11 |
date | string | Yes | YYYY-MM-DD (at least 1 hour ahead; same-day: phone instead) |
name | string | Yes | Customer full name |
time | string | Yes | HH:MM 24h |
email | string | Yes | Customer email (receives acknowledgement + payment link) |
notes | string | — | Anything else, e.g. child seats with ages (optional) |
phone | string | Yes | Customer phone |
flight | string | — | Flight number (optional, enables free flight tracking) |
pickup | string | Yes | Pick-up place |
dropoff | string | Yes | Drop-off place |
sandbox | boolean | — | true = create a TEST booking that never reaches the operator and sends no emails. For integration testing only. |
vehicle | string | — | sedan | carnival | maxi (auto-upgraded if too small for pax) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why request_booking is rated Low
Even though request_booking only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Risk signalsHigh parameter count (12 properties)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs request_booking safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Booking, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For request_booking, this is the rule to start with:
request_booking 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 Booking, apply this rule, and every request_booking call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about request_booking
Lodge a booking REQUEST for any fixed-price route — airport or cruise terminal. It is created as pending; the operator confirms and the customer receives a payment link by email. No payment happens through this tool. Confirm all details with the customer first. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Booking MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
request_booking accepts 12 parameters: pax, date, name, time, email, notes, phone, flight, pickup, dropoff, sandbox, vehicle. Required: pax, date, name, time, email, phone, pickup, dropoff. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Booking MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for request_booking: 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 Booking. Nothing to install.
request_booking 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 request_booking 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 request_booking. 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.
request_booking is provided by the Booking MCP server (https://gc-airporttransfers.com/wp-json/atb-gateway/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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