ebay_get_report_metadata

What ebay_get_report_metadata does on Ebay

AI agents call ebay_get_report_metadata 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_report_metadata is rated Low

This tool retrieves metadata about reports from eBay's Marketing API. It performs no data modification, deletion, execution, or financial operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could only view report metadata, not modify campaigns, charge fees, or execute arbitrary operations. This is a straightforward Read category tool.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_report_metadata' and description 'Get report metadata through the eBay Marketing API' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'Get' and the metadata-only scope confirm this is a read-only query.

The rule that runs ebay_get_report_metadata 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_report_metadata, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "ebay_get_report_metadata": {}
  }
}

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