Get summaries of all payment disputes. Use filters to narrow results by dispute status, buyer username, or order ID.\n\nRequired OAuth Scope: sell.fulfillment\nMinimum Scope: https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.fulfillment
AI agents call ebay_get_payment_dispute_summaries 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 payment dispute information using filters (dispute status, buyer username, order ID) but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any actions. It is a pure read operation that returns summaries to inform decision-making. Low severity because unauthorized access would expose dispute data but cannot modify financial records or transactions.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Get summaries of all payment disputes' with filtering options. The verb 'get' and action 'summaries' indicate data retrieval with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ebay_get_payment_dispute_summaries 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_payment_dispute_summaries:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ebay_get_payment_dispute_summaries": {}
}
}ebay_get_payment_dispute_summaries is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get summaries of all payment disputes. Use filters to narrow results by dispute status, buyer username, or order ID.\n\nRequired OAuth Scope: sell.fulfillment\nMinimum Scope: https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.fulfillment. 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_payment_dispute_summaries: 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_payment_dispute_summaries 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_payment_dispute_summaries 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_payment_dispute_summaries. 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_payment_dispute_summaries 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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