Invite a provider to trade with you on specific terms. Send an invite with a function, agreed price, and optional metadata. The provider can accept to automatically start the transaction.
AI agents use invite_to_trade 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 initiates a financial transaction by sending a trade invite with a specified price. Accepting the invite automatically starts the transaction, which likely triggers escrow or payment flows. It falls squarely in the Financial category as it commits financial obligations between parties in a marketplace context.
From the tool's definition 'Invite a provider to trade with you on specific terms', 'agreed price', 'automatically start the transaction'
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Invite a provider to trade with you on specific terms. Send an invite with a function, agreed price, and optional metadata. The provider can accept to automatically start the transaction. 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 invite_to_trade: 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.
invite_to_trade 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 invite_to_trade 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 invite_to_trade. 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.
invite_to_trade 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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