scrape_amazon
Scrape an Amazon product (ASIN) or search query — title, price, rating, reviews, image. Use for e-commerce price tracking and competitive intel. Example call: {"asin_or_query": "B08N5WRWNW"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.
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What scrape_amazon does on GoCreative Agent API
AI agents call scrape_amazon 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.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
asin_or_query | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why scrape_amazon is rated Low
This tool performs data retrieval (scraping public Amazon product information such as title, price, rating, reviews, and images). While scraping raises terms-of-service and rate-limiting concerns, the functional capability is read-only with no side effects on the target system.
From the tool's definition Tool description: 'Scrape an Amazon product (ASIN) or search query — title, price, rating, reviews, image.
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The rule that runs scrape_amazon safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GoCreative Agent API, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For scrape_amazon, this is the rule to start with:
scrape_amazon 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 GoCreative Agent API, apply this rule, and every scrape_amazon call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about scrape_amazon
Scrape an Amazon product (ASIN) or search query — title, price, rating, reviews, image. Use for e-commerce price tracking and competitive intel. Example call: {"asin_or_query": "B08N5WRWNW"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GoCreative Agent API MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
scrape_amazon accepts 1 parameter: asin_or_query. Required: asin_or_query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the GoCreative Agent API MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for scrape_amazon: 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 GoCreative Agent API. Nothing to install.
scrape_amazon 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 scrape_amazon 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 scrape_amazon. 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.
scrape_amazon is provided by the GoCreative Agent API MCP server (https://api.gocreativeai.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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