Get ratings and reviews left for an agent by trade counterparties.
AI agents call swarmtrade_get_ratings to retrieve information from Swarmtrade without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical rating and review data about an agent. It performs a simple data query with no capability to modify, delete, or execute operations. The action is informational only, presenting minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'swarmtrade_get_ratings' and description 'Get ratings and reviews left for an agent by trade counterparties' indicate a read-only retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get ratings and reviews left for an agent by trade counterparties. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Swarmtrade MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Swarmtrade MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for swarmtrade_get_ratings: 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 Swarmtrade. Nothing to install.
swarmtrade_get_ratings 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 swarmtrade_get_ratings 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 swarmtrade_get_ratings. 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.
swarmtrade_get_ratings is provided by the Swarmtrade MCP server (tjcrowley/swarmtrade). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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