hiveagent_shop_compare_price
Compare prices across vendors.
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What hiveagent_shop_compare_price does on Hiveagent
AI agents call hiveagent_shop_compare_price to retrieve information from Hiveagent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
product_name | string | — |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why hiveagent_shop_compare_price is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves pricing information from multiple vendors for comparison purposes. It performs a search/fetch operation with no ability to create, modify, delete, execute code, or commit financial transactions. The worst-case misuse would be information gathering, which poses minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'hiveagent_shop_compare_price' and description 'Compare prices across vendors' indicate data retrieval without modification or side effects.
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The rule that runs hiveagent_shop_compare_price 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_shop_compare_price, this is the rule to start with:
hiveagent_shop_compare_price 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 Hiveagent, apply this rule, and every hiveagent_shop_compare_price call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about hiveagent_shop_compare_price
Compare prices across vendors. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Hiveagent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
hiveagent_shop_compare_price accepts 1 parameter: product_name. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Hiveagent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for hiveagent_shop_compare_price: 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.
hiveagent_shop_compare_price 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 hiveagent_shop_compare_price 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 hiveagent_shop_compare_price. 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.
hiveagent_shop_compare_price 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.
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