List product categories. Use perPage and page parameters for pagination (default: 10 items per page).
AI agents call woo_products_categories_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 retrieves and queries product category data without side effects. The 'list' operation combined with pagination parameters (perPage, page) is a standard read-only data retrieval operation. Even if exposed to an AI agent, misuse would only result in querying category information, posing minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'list' and description states 'List product categories' with pagination parameters. No modification, deletion, or execution capability.
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List product categories. Use perPage and page parameters for pagination (default: 10 items per page). 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_products_categories_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_products_categories_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_products_categories_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_products_categories_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_products_categories_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.
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