ftg_sourcing_buyers
Return verified local buyers in a country — companies sourcing a given commodity, with buyer type, city, website, annual volume range and certification requirements. When to use this tool: an agent builds a sourcing or export shortlist, or needs real B2B demand contacts in a market. Input: a coun...
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What ftg_sourcing_buyers does on Gapup Mcp
AI agents call ftg_sourcing_buyers to retrieve information from Gapup Mcp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
async | boolean | — | If true, returns a job_id immediately (<200ms) instead of waiting for the result. Poll the result with job_result(job_id). Use for slow tools to avoid client ti |
limit | integer | — | Maximum buyers to return (default 20) |
country | string | Yes | Country ISO-2 code or name |
commodity | string | — | Optional commodity slug to filter buyers by |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why ftg_sourcing_buyers is rated Low
This tool retrieves and returns existing data about buyers in a given country/commodity segment. It is a lookup/query operation with no side effects — no data is created, modified, deleted, or any financial transaction initiated. The output is a read-only list of B2B contacts and attributes.
From the tool's definition Return verified local buyers in a country — companies sourcing a given commodity, with buyer type, city, website, annual volume range and certification requirements
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The rule that runs ftg_sourcing_buyers safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Gapup Mcp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For ftg_sourcing_buyers, this is the rule to start with:
ftg_sourcing_buyers 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 Gapup Mcp, apply this rule, and every ftg_sourcing_buyers call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about ftg_sourcing_buyers
Return verified local buyers in a country — companies sourcing a given commodity, with buyer type, city, website, annual volume range and certification requirements. When to use this tool: an agent builds a sourcing or export shortlist, or needs real B2B demand contacts in a market. Input: a country and an optional commodity filter. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gapup Mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
ftg_sourcing_buyers accepts 4 parameters: async, limit, country, commodity. Required: country. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Gapup MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ftg_sourcing_buyers: 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 Gapup Mcp. Nothing to install.
ftg_sourcing_buyers 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 ftg_sourcing_buyers 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 ftg_sourcing_buyers. 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.
ftg_sourcing_buyers is provided by the Gapup MCP server (https://mcp.gapup.io/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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