Get the most recently added price data from the community
AI agents call getRecentPrices to retrieve information from OpenFoodFacts-mcp without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical price information from a public food database without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a simple read operation with minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent, as it only returns factual pricing data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getRecentPrices' and description 'Get the most recently added price data from the community' indicate data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access getRecentPrices gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and OpenFoodFacts-mcp, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for getRecentPrices:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"getRecentPrices": {}
}
}getRecentPrices is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the most recently added price data from the community. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OpenFoodFacts-mcp MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OpenFoodFacts- MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getRecentPrices: 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 OpenFoodFacts-mcp. Nothing to install.
getRecentPrices 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 getRecentPrices 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 getRecentPrices. 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.
getRecentPrices is provided by the OpenFoodFacts- MCP server (jagjeevanak/openfoodfacts-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from OpenFoodFacts-mcp, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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