get_funding_rate_history

What get_funding_rate_history does on Derive MCP Server

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

Why get_funding_rate_history is rated Low

This tool retrieves historical financial data (funding rates) without modifying, executing code, deleting data, or moving money. It is a pure read operation querying the Derive.xyz public API. The data retrieved is market information that could inform trading decisions but the tool itself performs no transactional or destructive action.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_funding_rate_history' and description states 'Get historical funding rates for a perpetual instrument'. The verb 'Get' and lack of any modification, deletion, or execution language indicate a retrieval operation.

The rule that runs get_funding_rate_history safely

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

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

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