is_whitelisted

What is_whitelisted does on Tempo

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

Why is_whitelisted is rated Low

This tool performs a lookup/query operation to determine whether an address exists on a whitelist. It has no side effects, does not execute transactions, does not modify data, and does not delete or create records. It is purely informational. While the server as a whole handles financial operations (stablecoin payments), this specific tool is a read-only compliance check.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'is_whitelisted' and description 'Check if an address is on the whitelist' indicate a query operation that retrieves whitelist status without modifying any state.

The rule that runs is_whitelisted safely

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

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

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