List payment gateways
AI agents call woo_payment_gateways_list to retrieve information from Woocommerce without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool lists payment gateway configurations, which is a read-only operation that retrieves data without side effects. It does not process payments, modify settings, or execute transactions. The blast radius is minimal since it only exposes informational data about available payment methods.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'woo_payment_gateways_list' and description 'List payment gateways' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or execution of payment processing.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List payment gateways. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Woocommerce MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Woocommerce MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for woo_payment_gateways_list: 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 Woocommerce. Nothing to install.
woo_payment_gateways_list 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 woo_payment_gateways_list 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 woo_payment_gateways_list. 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.
woo_payment_gateways_list is provided by the Woocommerce MCP server (@lockon0927/woocommerce-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
woo_payment_gateways_list is one line of Woocommerce's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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