Request the shipping label / air waybill PDF for one or more orders. Returns a download URL or base64 document payload depending on channel. Call create_shipping_document first if your flow requires pre-generation.
AI agents call download_shipping_document to retrieve information from Mcp Ap2 without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and returns existing shipping documents (PDFs/URLs). It has no side effects, does not modify order state, does not charge funds, and does not execute external operations. The act of downloading or viewing a document is read-only. No destructive, financial, or code-execution capability is implied. Severity is low because document retrieval carries minimal risk even if misused by an agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Request[s] the shipping label / air waybill PDF for one or more orders' and 'Returns a download URL or base64 document payload' — pure data retrieval with no modification, creation, or deletion.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access download_shipping_document gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Ap2, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for download_shipping_document:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"download_shipping_document": {}
}
}download_shipping_document is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Request the shipping label / air waybill PDF for one or more orders. Returns a download URL or base64 document payload depending on channel. Call create_shipping_document first if your flow requires pre-generation. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Ap2 MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Ap2 MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for download_shipping_document: 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 Mcp Ap2. Nothing to install.
download_shipping_document 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 download_shipping_document 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 download_shipping_document. 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.
download_shipping_document is provided by the Mcp Ap2 MCP server (@codespar/mcp-ap2). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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