get_checkout

What get_checkout does on Shopify Graphql

AI agents call get_checkout to retrieve information from Shopify Graphql without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_checkout is rated Low

This tool retrieves checkout information by ID without creating, modifying, executing operations, or deleting data. Fetching checkout data is a read-only operation with no side effects. Severity is low because reading checkout data poses minimal risk—it does not expose sensitive payment information (GraphQL APIs typically exclude PCI-regulated data) and does not allow modification of orders or financial transactions.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_checkout' with description 'Fetch a specific checkout by ID' indicates data retrieval without modification.

The rule that runs get_checkout safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Shopify Graphql, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_checkout, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_checkout": {}
  }
}

Questions about get_checkout