ebay_update_email_campaign
Update email campaign through the eBay Marketing API.
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What ebay_update_email_campaign does on Ebay
AI agents use ebay_update_email_campaign to create or update resources in Ebay, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Ebay environment.
Why ebay_update_email_campaign is rated Medium
This tool creates or modifies marketing campaign data reversibly. While it affects customer communications, it does not execute external operations autonomously, delete data irreversibly, or move money. The blast radius is medium because a compromised AI could spam users or send misleading marketing messages, but the action remains editable and campaigns can be corrected or paused.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ebay_update_email_campaign' and description 'Update email campaign' indicate modification of existing campaign data through eBay's Marketing API. The action is reversible (campaigns can be updated again or reverted).
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The rule that runs ebay_update_email_campaign 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_update_email_campaign, this is the rule to start with:
ebay_update_email_campaign stays usable, but capped: an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. 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_update_email_campaign call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about ebay_update_email_campaign
Update email campaign through the eBay Marketing API. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Ebay MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Ebay MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ebay_update_email_campaign: 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_update_email_campaign is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the ebay_update_email_campaign 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_update_email_campaign. 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_update_email_campaign 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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