polymarket_get_midpoint
Get midpoint price for a specific market. The midpoint is the average of best bid and ask. No authentication required.
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What polymarket_get_midpoint does on Polymarket MCP Server
AI agents call polymarket_get_midpoint to retrieve information from Polymarket 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 polymarket_get_midpoint is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries market price data without side effects—no data creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial transactions. It is a pure data-read operation typical of market data feeds. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose market information already publicly available.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'polymarket_get_midpoint' and description 'Get midpoint price for a specific market' indicates a query operation that retrieves market data. Description explicitly states 'No authentication required' and is read-only (fetches bid/ask average).
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The rule that runs polymarket_get_midpoint safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Polymarket MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For polymarket_get_midpoint, this is the rule to start with:
polymarket_get_midpoint 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 Polymarket MCP Server, apply this rule, and every polymarket_get_midpoint call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about polymarket_get_midpoint
Get midpoint price for a specific market. The midpoint is the average of best bid and ask. No authentication required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Polymarket MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Polymarket MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for polymarket_get_midpoint: 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 Polymarket MCP Server. Nothing to install.
polymarket_get_midpoint 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 polymarket_get_midpoint 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 polymarket_get_midpoint. 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.
polymarket_get_midpoint is provided by the Polymarket MCP Server MCP server (asthetech/mewcp-polymarket). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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