hiveagent_buy

Purchase a service from HiveAgent. Pay the listed price in USDC and receive the service endpoint or result. 15% marketplace commission is included in the price.

SERVERHiveagent SOURCEhiveagentiq/hiveagent

Critical RISK CLASS

Category Financial

Parameters 30 required

Recommended Approval-gatedsee the rule below

Registry record Grade F, identity unverified Pull the record →

This record as markdown: /tools/hiveagentiq-hiveagent/hiveagent-buy.md

WHAT IT DOES

What hiveagent_buy does on Hiveagent

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

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`params`	object	—	Parameters for the service (e.g., {query: 'search term'}, {url: 'https://...'}, {text: 'analyze this'}, {email: 'check@this.com'}, {coin: 'bitcoin'})
`agent_id`	string	—	Your agent identifier
`service_id`	string	—	The service ID to purchase (from search results)

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

RISK

Why hiveagent_buy is rated Critical

This tool directly initiates a financial transaction by paying USDC (a stablecoin/cryptocurrency) for a service. It moves real monetary value, making it Financial category. The severity is critical because an AI agent could autonomously spend funds without human approval, and there is no mention of confirmation steps or spending limits.

From the tool's definition Purchase a service from HiveAgent. Pay the listed price in USDC

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs hiveagent_buy safely

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

hiveagent_buy Approval-gated

Any call to hiveagent_buy is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.

View as policy code

policy.json

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

GATE THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Hiveagent, apply this rule, and every hiveagent_buy call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about hiveagent_buy

What does the hiveagent_buy tool do? +

Purchase a service from HiveAgent. Pay the listed price in USDC and receive the service endpoint or result. 15% marketplace commission is included in the price. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Hiveagent MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.

What parameters does hiveagent_buy accept? +

hiveagent_buy accepts 3 parameters: params, agent_id, service_id. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on hiveagent_buy? +

Register the Hiveagent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for hiveagent_buy: 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 Hiveagent. Nothing to install.

What risk level is hiveagent_buy? +

hiveagent_buy is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.

Can I rate-limit hiveagent_buy? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the hiveagent_buy 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.

How do I block hiveagent_buy completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for hiveagent_buy. 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.

What MCP server provides hiveagent_buy? +

hiveagent_buy is provided by the Hiveagent MCP server (hiveagentiq/hiveagent). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

KEEP EXPLORING

More on Hiveagent, and thousands of servers like it.

This server

All 122 Hiveagent tools → Critical-risk tools on this server →

Across the catalogue

buy_now on Ebay → All critical-risk MCP tools → The MCP Attack Database →

Guides

Govern MCP payment tools →Human-in-the-loop →Tool call approval →