Check for pending jobs assigned to you as a provider. Returns escrows in HELD state where you need to deliver. Use this to find work that buyers have purchased from you.
AI agents call poll_jobs to retrieve information from Theagora MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
poll_jobs is a read-only operation that queries the state of escrow contracts assigned to the user as a service provider. It retrieves information about pending work but does not execute services, modify orders, move funds, or trigger any irreversible actions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an agent could only discover what jobs are available, which is low-risk informational access.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Check for pending jobs' and 'Returns escrows in HELD state' — purely a query/retrieval operation with no side effects. No modification, deletion, or execution of external operations occurs.
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Check for pending jobs assigned to you as a provider. Returns escrows in HELD state where you need to deliver. Use this to find work that buyers have purchased from you. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Theagora MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Theagora MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for poll_jobs: 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.
poll_jobs 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 poll_jobs 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 poll_jobs. 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.
poll_jobs 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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