Create a new order refund
AI agents use create_order_refund to commit financial operations through WooCommerce MCP Server — usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
Refunds are inherently financial operations that move money (or credit) back to customers. Although the refund may be reversible in some systems, the act of creating a refund commits a financial obligation and affects the store's financial records. This falls under Financial rather than Write because it involves monetary transactions rather than mere data creation.
From the tool's definition The tool is named 'create_order_refund' and described as 'Create a new order refund'. Refunds involve reversing financial transactions and returning money to customers, which constitutes a financial operation.
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Create a new order refund. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the WooCommerce MCP Server MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the WooCommerce MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_order_refund: 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 WooCommerce MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_order_refund is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_order_refund 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 create_order_refund. 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.
create_order_refund is provided by the WooCommerce MCP Server MCP server (lord-dubious/woocommerce-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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