Return gateway statistics and revenue tracking.
AI agents call gateway_stats to retrieve information from X402 Discovery without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries statistical data about gateway performance and revenue — a read-only operation with no side effects. While it operates within a payment infrastructure context, the tool itself only returns informational metrics rather than initiating, modifying, or processing financial transactions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'gateway_stats' and description 'Return gateway statistics and revenue tracking' indicate data retrieval only. No mutation, deletion, code execution, or financial transaction capabilities are described.
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Return gateway statistics and revenue tracking. It is categorised as a Read tool in the X402 Discovery MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the X402 Discovery MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gateway_stats: 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 X402 Discovery. Nothing to install.
gateway_stats 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 gateway_stats 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 gateway_stats. 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.
gateway_stats is provided by the X402 Discovery MCP server (rplryan/ouroboros). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
gateway_stats is one line of X402 Discovery's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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