Purchase a function by creating an escrow that locks your funds. The provider will be notified and must deliver within the agreed terms. Funds are released automatically on successful verification, or refunded if delivery fails.
AI agents use create_escrow to commit financial operations through Theagora MCP Server — usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
This tool directly commits financial obligations by locking the user's funds into an escrow contract for a marketplace purchase. It involves real monetary transactions — locking funds, triggering payment release, or initiating a refund — all of which are financial operations. Misuse could result in funds being irreversibly locked or transferred to unintended parties, making this critical severity.
From the tool's definition 'Purchase a function by creating an escrow that locks your funds' and 'Funds are released automatically on successful verification'
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Purchase a function by creating an escrow that locks your funds. The provider will be notified and must deliver within the agreed terms. Funds are released automatically on successful verification, or refunded if delivery fails. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Theagora MCP Server MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Theagora MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_escrow: 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 Theagora MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_escrow is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_escrow 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 create_escrow. 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.
create_escrow is provided by the Theagora MCP Server MCP server (theagoralabs/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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