ebay_get_advertising_eligibility
Check the seller eligibility status for eBay advertising programs. This allows developers to determine if a seller is eligible for various advertising programs on eBay.\n\nRequired OAuth Scope: sell.account.readonly or sell.account
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What ebay_get_advertising_eligibility does on Ebay
AI agents call ebay_get_advertising_eligibility to retrieve information from Ebay without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why ebay_get_advertising_eligibility is rated Low
This tool retrieves eligibility status data for advertising programs. It performs a read-only query against eBay's systems to check seller account properties. There are no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no financial transactions. The required OAuth scopes (sell.account.readonly or sell.account) further confirm read-only access patterns.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate it 'Check[s] the seller eligibility status' and 'determine[s] if a seller is eligible' — purely informational queries with no modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.
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The rule that runs ebay_get_advertising_eligibility safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Ebay, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For ebay_get_advertising_eligibility, this is the rule to start with:
ebay_get_advertising_eligibility is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Ebay, apply this rule, and every ebay_get_advertising_eligibility call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about ebay_get_advertising_eligibility
Check the seller eligibility status for eBay advertising programs. This allows developers to determine if a seller is eligible for various advertising programs on eBay.\n\nRequired OAuth Scope: sell.account.readonly or sell.account. 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_advertising_eligibility: 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_advertising_eligibility 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_advertising_eligibility 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_advertising_eligibility. 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_advertising_eligibility 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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