AI agents call show_store_search_card to retrieve information from Steam-MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and displays Steam store search results. It is purely informational, retrieving existing data from Steam's store with no capability to modify, delete, execute commands, or trigger external operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an agent could only spam searches or return irrelevant results to a user, not cause harm to accounts, data, or systems.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'show' and 'search'; description indicates it displays 'Steam store search results' — a retrieval and display operation with no data modification, execution of code, or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Prefab card: Steam store search results. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Steam-MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Steam- MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for show_store_search_card: 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 Steam-MCP. Nothing to install.
show_store_search_card 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 show_store_search_card 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 show_store_search_card. 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.
show_store_search_card is provided by the Steam- MCP server (sandraschi/steam-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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