Find a campaign by listing ID or inventory reference.
AI agents call ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference to retrieve information from Ebay without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a lookup/search operation to retrieve campaign data based on identifiers. It has no side effects, does not modify data, does not execute code or external operations, and does not involve financial transactions. It is a pure Read operation with minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Find a campaign by listing ID or inventory reference' — a query operation that retrieves campaign information without modifying, deleting, or executing external operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Ebay, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference": {}
}
}ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Find a campaign by listing ID or inventory reference. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ebay MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ebay MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference: 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 Ebay. Nothing to install.
ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference 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 ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference 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 ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference. 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.
ebay_find_campaign_by_ad_reference is provided by the Ebay MCP server (yosefhayim/ebay-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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