Get consign preferences for international shipping
AI agents call ebay_get_consign_preferences 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 configuration or preference data for international shipping consignment. The 'get' verb and read-only nature of retrieving existing preferences confirms this is a Read operation. The blast radius if misused is minimal—an AI agent could only view existing consignment preference settings, not modify inventory, execute transactions, or cause financial impact.
From the tool's definition Tool name includes 'get' and description states 'Get consign preferences', indicating data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ebay_get_consign_preferences 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_consign_preferences:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ebay_get_consign_preferences": {}
}
}ebay_get_consign_preferences is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get consign preferences for international shipping. 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_consign_preferences: 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_consign_preferences 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_consign_preferences 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_consign_preferences. 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_consign_preferences 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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