List transactions with optional filtering by date, status, provider, or customer. Results are sorted by date (newest first). Supports pagination.
AI agents call list_transactions to retrieve information from Africa Payments MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves transaction records without any side effects. It performs a retrieval operation similar to 'search', 'list', or 'fetch' operations. While the Africa Payments MCP server handles financial transactions, this specific tool only reads/displays existing transaction history without moving money, creating obligations, or modifying data.
From the tool's definition Tool 'list_transactions' retrieves transaction data with optional filtering and pagination. Description explicitly indicates it 'List transactions' and 'Results are sorted by date' with no mention of modification, deletion, or creation of data.
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List transactions with optional filtering by date, status, provider, or customer. Results are sorted by date (newest first). Supports pagination. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Africa Payments MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Africa Payments MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_transactions: 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 Africa Payments MCP. Nothing to install.
list_transactions 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 list_transactions 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 list_transactions. 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.
list_transactions is provided by the Africa Payments MCP server (kenyaclaw/africa-payments-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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