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What shopify_customers does on UnClick
AI agents call shopify_customers to retrieve information from UnClick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
email | string | — | |
limit | number | — | |
api_key | string | — | |
shop_domain | string | — | |
access_token | string | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why shopify_customers is rated Low
This is a read-only operation that queries and retrieves customer information from a Shopify store. While it accesses potentially sensitive business data (customer records), it does not modify, delete, or execute external actions.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get customers from a Shopify store' — a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Risk signalsHandles credentials or secrets (api_key)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs shopify_customers safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and UnClick, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For shopify_customers, this is the rule to start with:
shopify_customers 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 UnClick, apply this rule, and every shopify_customers call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about shopify_customers
Get customers from a Shopify store. It is categorised as a Read tool in the UnClick MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
shopify_customers accepts 5 parameters: email, limit, api_key, shop_domain, access_token. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the UnClick MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for shopify_customers: 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 UnClick. Nothing to install.
shopify_customers 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 shopify_customers 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 shopify_customers. 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.
shopify_customers is provided by the UnClick MCP server (creativelead/unclick). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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