capture_payment

Capture a payment charge. Cannot be undone — only counteracted by a manual refund.

SERVERNitrostack SOURCEnitrocloudofficial/nitrostack

Critical RISK CLASS

Category Financial

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Approval-gatedsee the rule below

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This record as markdown: /tools/nitrostack/capture-payment.md

WHAT IT DOES

What capture_payment does on Nitrostack

AI agents use capture_payment to commit financial operations through Nitrostack, usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.

RISK

Why capture_payment is rated Critical

Captures a real payment charge that is irreversible without a manual refund process.

From the tool's definition Capture a payment charge. Cannot be undone — only counteracted by a manual refund.

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs capture_payment safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Nitrostack, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For capture_payment, this is the rule to start with:

capture_payment Approval-gated

Any call to capture_payment is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "capture_payment": {
      "deny_if": [
        {
          "conditions": [],
          "on_deny": "Requires human approval."
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

GATE THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Nitrostack, apply this rule, and every capture_payment call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about capture_payment

What does the capture_payment tool do? +

Capture a payment charge. Cannot be undone — only counteracted by a manual refund. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Nitrostack MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.

How do I enforce a policy on capture_payment? +

Register the Nitrostack MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for capture_payment: 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 Nitrostack. Nothing to install.

What risk level is capture_payment? +

capture_payment is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.

Can I rate-limit capture_payment? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the capture_payment 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.

How do I block capture_payment completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for capture_payment. 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.

What MCP server provides capture_payment? +

capture_payment is provided by the Nitrostack MCP server (nitrocloudofficial/nitrostack). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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