Get details of an account status subscription in PayPal.
AI agents call get_subscription to retrieve information from PayPal Account Updater Subscription Connector without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves subscription details from PayPal's Account Updater service. While it is fundamentally a read operation (no side effects), the severity is elevated to 'medium' because the retrieved data includes sensitive financial information—subscription status, payment card details, and merchant account configuration—which could be exposed or misused if accessed by an unauthorized agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_subscription' and description 'Get details of an account status subscription in PayPal' indicate retrieval of subscription information without modification or deletion.
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Get details of an account status subscription in PayPal. It is categorised as a Read tool in the PayPal Account Updater Subscription Connector MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the PayPal Account Updater Subscription Connector MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_subscription: 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 PayPal Account Updater Subscription Connector. Nothing to install.
get_subscription 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_subscription 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_subscription. 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_subscription is provided by the PayPal Account Updater Subscription Connector MCP server (rishabh17081/paypal-au-subscription-connector). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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