Get premium index price candlestick data for linear perpetuals. Premium index shows the funding rate basis and is used to calculate funding payments.
AI agents call get_premium_index_price_kline to retrieve information from Bybit MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs data retrieval only. It fetches historical premium index price klines (candlestick data) for analytical purposes, which is characteristic of Read operations. While the server overall contains Financial tools (as evidenced by sibling tools for trading and payments), this particular tool does not move money, execute trades, or modify state—it only queries market data.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves candlestick data ('Get...kline'), described as 'funding rate basis' information used for 'calculate funding payments' — a historical data query with no side effects, no state modification, and no execution capability.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_premium_index_price_kline gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Bybit MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_premium_index_price_kline:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_premium_index_price_kline": {}
}
} get_premium_index_price_kline is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get premium index price candlestick data for linear perpetuals. Premium index shows the funding rate basis and is used to calculate funding payments. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Bybit MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Bybit MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_premium_index_price_kline: 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 Bybit MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_premium_index_price_kline 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_premium_index_price_kline 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_premium_index_price_kline. 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_premium_index_price_kline is provided by the Bybit MCP Server MCP server (bcusack/bybit-py-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Bybit MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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