AI agents call get_item_price to retrieve information from Steamdt without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves Steam marketplace price data. No description is provided, but the name and server context clearly indicate a read operation that queries existing data with no side effects. The ability to retrieve item prices is purely informational and does not create, modify, delete, or execute actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_item_price' combined with server description stating it 'Enables querying Steam item prices' and sibling tools like 'get_item_prices_batch' and 'get_item_price_history' all indicate retrieval of pricing data without modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_item_price gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Steamdt, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_item_price:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_item_price": {}
}
}get_item_price is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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get_item_price. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Steamdt MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Steamdt MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_item_price: 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 Steamdt. Nothing to install.
get_item_price 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 get_item_price 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 get_item_price. 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.
get_item_price is provided by the Steamdt MCP server (kir4kami/mcp-steamdt). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Steamdt, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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