Search products by query, optionally scoped to a storefront and category, with pagination.
AI agents call search_products to retrieve information from Paylo MCP Server 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 product data from the Paylo commerce ecosystem without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing transactions. It is a standard read operation that returns search results based on user-provided parameters (query, storefront, category). No irreversible changes, code execution, or financial commitments occur.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'search_products' and description states it 'Search products by query' with pagination support. The verb 'search' and absence of any modification, deletion, or financial action language indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
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Search products by query, optionally scoped to a storefront and category, with pagination. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Paylo MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Paylo MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_products: 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 Paylo MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_products 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 search_products 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 search_products. 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.
search_products is provided by the Paylo MCP Server MCP server (nodeshift-nigeria/paylo-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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