scrape_ebay
Scrape an eBay listing or search — title, price, condition, seller, image. Use for resale-arbitrage and pricing agents. Example call: {"item_or_query": "iphone 15 pro"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.
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What scrape_ebay does on GoCreative Agent API
AI agents call scrape_ebay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
item_or_query | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why scrape_ebay is rated Low
This tool retrieves publicly available data from eBay (pricing, listings, seller information) without creating, modifying, or deleting anything. It is a passive read operation. The low cost ($0.005–$0.05 per call) and framing as a lookup service confirm the benign nature. Even if an AI agent misuses this tool, the blast radius is limited to information disclosure of publicly available data.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Scrape an eBay listing or search — title, price, condition, seller, image.' The example call queries 'iphone 15 pro' and the stated use case is 'pricing agents.' These are retrieval operations with no modification or deletion of data.
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The rule that runs scrape_ebay 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_ebay, this is the rule to start with:
scrape_ebay 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_ebay call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about scrape_ebay
Scrape an eBay listing or search — title, price, condition, seller, image. Use for resale-arbitrage and pricing agents. Example call: {"item_or_query": "iphone 15 pro"} 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_ebay accepts 1 parameter: item_or_query. Required: item_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_ebay: 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_ebay 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_ebay 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_ebay. 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_ebay 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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