preview_buy_approval
Preview whether the selected Sanka Buy offers require approval before downstream Purchase Order or checkout steps.
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What preview_buy_approval does on Sanka MCP Server
AI agents call preview_buy_approval to retrieve information from Sanka MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why preview_buy_approval is rated Low
The tool previews approval requirements without actually submitting, creating, or modifying any data. It checks conditions before downstream actions (Purchase Order or checkout), making it a read-only operation. Severity is low since it only retrieves approval status information.
From the tool's definition Preview whether the selected Sanka Buy offers require approval — 'preview' indicates a read/query operation with no side effects
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The rule that runs preview_buy_approval safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Sanka MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For preview_buy_approval, this is the rule to start with:
preview_buy_approval is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Sanka MCP Server, apply this rule, and every preview_buy_approval call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about preview_buy_approval
Preview whether the selected Sanka Buy offers require approval before downstream Purchase Order or checkout steps. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sanka MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sanka MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for preview_buy_approval: 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 Sanka MCP Server. Nothing to install.
preview_buy_approval 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 preview_buy_approval 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 preview_buy_approval. 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.
preview_buy_approval is provided by the Sanka MCP Server MCP server (sankahq/sanka-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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