woo_products_batch_update

What woo_products_batch_update does on Cowork Bench

AI agents use woo_products_batch_update to create or update resources in Cowork Bench, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Cowork Bench environment.

Why woo_products_batch_update is rated Medium

This tool creates or modifies data reversibly through bulk updates to products (likely in a WooCommerce store). While individual updates could be rolled back, the batch nature and lack of safeguards visible in the description elevate risk. Severity is high due to potential blast radius: incorrect batch operations could affect many products simultaneously, impacting inventory, pricing, or availability across a store.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'woo_products_batch_update' and description 'Batch update products' indicate bulk modification of product data. The 'batch' qualifier suggests large-scale write operations affecting multiple records at once.

Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

The rule that runs woo_products_batch_update safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cowork Bench, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For woo_products_batch_update, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "woo_products_batch_update": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "woo_products_batch_update_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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