Get metadata for all available report types. Returns dimensions, metrics, and filters.
AI agents call ebay_get_ad_report_metadata 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 retrieves and queries report metadata without modifying any data or triggering side effects. It falls squarely into the Read category. Severity is low because metadata about available reports poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent—it cannot directly impact inventory, finances, or operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Returns dimensions, metrics, and filters' with no indication of data modification, deletion, or execution of external operations. This is a pure metadata retrieval operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ebay_get_ad_report_metadata 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_get_ad_report_metadata:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ebay_get_ad_report_metadata": {}
}
}ebay_get_ad_report_metadata is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get metadata for all available report types. Returns dimensions, metrics, and filters. 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_get_ad_report_metadata: 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_get_ad_report_metadata 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_get_ad_report_metadata 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_get_ad_report_metadata. 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_get_ad_report_metadata 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.
Deterministic rules across all 332 Ebay tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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