get_item_prices_batch
AI agents call get_item_prices_batch 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.
This tool retrieves/queries Steam marketplace price data in bulk without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. It is a read-only operation with no side effects. The 'batch' variant simply processes multiple items at once, maintaining the Read category. Low severity because misuse would only expose price information that is already publicly available on Steam.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_item_prices_batch' indicates batch retrieval of item prices. Server description states it 'Enables querying Steam item prices...allowing AI assistants to retrieve and analyze Steam marketplace data.' No side effects, modifications, or…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_item_prices_batch 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_prices_batch:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_item_prices_batch": {}
}
}get_item_prices_batch is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
Free to start. No card required.
get_item_prices_batch. 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_prices_batch: 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_prices_batch 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_prices_batch 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_prices_batch. 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_prices_batch 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.
Free to start. No card required.
7 Steamdt tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 43,000+ MCP servers.