# lookup_food_barcode

Look up a food product by UPC/EAN barcode (Open Food Facts). Returns nutrition, ingredients, brand. Use for grocery, dietary, or scanning agents. Example call: {"barcode": "737628064502"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `lookup_food_barcode`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-colinhughes2121-gocreative-agent-api/lookup-food-barcode

## Facts

- Tool: `lookup_food_barcode`
- Server: GoCreative Agent API (`https://api.gocreativeai.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-colinhughes2121-gocreative-agent-api.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://api.gocreativeai.com/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `barcode` | string | yes |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "lookup_food_barcode",
    "arguments": {
      "barcode": "<barcode>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why lookup_food_barcode is rated Low

This tool performs a simple data retrieval operation—looking up publicly available food product information by barcode identifier. It has no side effects, cannot modify data, execute code, delete records, or commit financial transactions. The low cost ($0.005–$0.05 per call) and straightforward lookup purpose further confirm it is a benign Read operation.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'lookup_food_barcode' and description 'Look up a food product by UPC/EAN barcode... Returns nutrition, ingredients, brand' indicates a read-only query operation that retrieves product data from Open Food Facts without modifying or executing anything."

## Use case

AI agents call lookup_food_barcode to retrieve information from GoCreative Agent API without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches GoCreative Agent API:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "lookup_food_barcode": {}
  }
}
```

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