Low Risk

get_purchases_online

Get the purchase history from a user's Safeway account via API.

How to control get_purchases_online ↓

AI agents call get_purchases_online to retrieve information from Get Gather without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Low Risk

This tool retrieves purchase history data from a Safeway account without modifying, deleting, or executing actions. It is a Read operation. However, the severity is high because purchase history is sensitive personal financial information that could reveal user shopping patterns, preferences, dietary habits, health conditions, and financial behavior.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_purchases_online' and description 'Get the purchase history from a user's Safeway account via API' indicates retrieval of historical data with no modification or deletion.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_purchases_online gives an agent:

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Get Gather, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_purchases_online:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_purchases_online": {}
  }
}

get_purchases_online is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register Get Gather — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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What does the get_purchases_online tool do? +

Get the purchase history from a user's Safeway account via API. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Get Gather MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_purchases_online? +

Register the Get Gather MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_purchases_online: 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 Get Gather. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get_purchases_online? +

get_purchases_online is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get_purchases_online? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_purchases_online 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 get_purchases_online completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_purchases_online. 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 get_purchases_online? +

get_purchases_online is provided by the Get Gather MCP server (remotebrowser/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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