get_reality_check
The master tool. Synthesizes ALL data sources into a unified financial reality briefing: executive summary, risk/opportunity scores, regime, cycle, DeFi, macro, sentiment, on-chain, narratives, suggested posture, key risks, and key opportunities. Call this before any financially consequential dec...
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What get_reality_check does on Fathom Fyi
AI agents call get_reality_check to retrieve information from Fathom Fyi without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_reality_check is rated Low
This tool retrieves and aggregates financial intelligence data from multiple sources to produce analysis and recommendations. While the output may inform financial decisions, the tool itself performs no write operations, does not execute trades, does not transfer funds, and does not modify any state. It is purely informational—a Read category tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_reality_check' and description indicates it 'synthesizes ALL data sources into a unified financial reality briefing' with outputs of 'executive summary, risk/opportunity scores, regime, cycle, DeFi, macro, sentiment, on-chain, narratives,…
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
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The rule that runs get_reality_check safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Fathom Fyi, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_reality_check, this is the rule to start with:
get_reality_check is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Fathom Fyi, apply this rule, and every get_reality_check call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_reality_check
The master tool. Synthesizes ALL data sources into a unified financial reality briefing: executive summary, risk/opportunity scores, regime, cycle, DeFi, macro, sentiment, on-chain, narratives, suggested posture, key risks, and key opportunities. Call this before any financially consequential decision. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Fathom Fyi MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Fathom Fyi MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_reality_check: 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 Fathom Fyi. Nothing to install.
get_reality_check 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 get_reality_check 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 get_reality_check. 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.
get_reality_check is provided by the Fathom Fyi MCP server (0xhashy/fathom-fyi). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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