get_position

What get_position does on Lighter MCP

AI agents call get_position to retrieve information from Lighter MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_position is rated Low

This tool queries and returns existing position information for a user on a specific market. It performs no writes, deletions, executions, or financial transactions—it only retrieves data. While the Lighter server deals with financial trading, this specific tool is a non-destructive read operation that poses minimal risk if called by an AI agent, as it cannot create, modify, or close positions.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_position' and description 'Open position for a single market, or None if no position' indicate a read-only query that retrieves position data without modification or side effects.

The rule that runs get_position safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Lighter MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_position, this is the rule to start with:

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

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