getOpenInterest
Query historical open interest data for derivative contracts at specified time intervals.\nReturns the total outstanding position size across all market participants.\n\nUse this endpoint when you need to:\n- Track changes in open interest over time as a market sentiment indicator\n- Analyze open...
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What getOpenInterest does on Bybit MCP Server
AI agents call getOpenInterest to retrieve information from Bybit 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 getOpenInterest is rated Low
getOpenInterest is a pure data retrieval tool that queries historical market metrics without side effects. It retrieves time-series data on open interest across derivative contracts at specified intervals. While it provides market data on a financial exchange, it performs no financial transactions, does not execute trades, and does not modify any state.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Query historical open interest data' and 'Returns the total outstanding position size' with use cases limited to 'Track changes', 'Analyze', and 'Retrieve' — all read operations.
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The rule that runs getOpenInterest safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Bybit MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getOpenInterest, this is the rule to start with:
getOpenInterest 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 Bybit MCP Server, apply this rule, and every getOpenInterest call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getOpenInterest
Query historical open interest data for derivative contracts at specified time intervals.\nReturns the total outstanding position size across all market participants.\n\nUse this endpoint when you need to:\n- Track changes in open interest over time as a market sentiment indicator\n- Analyze open interest trends relative to price movements for research\n- Retrieve open interest time series at intervals of 5min, 15min, 30min, 1h, 4h, or 1d\n\nSupported Products: USDT contract, USDC contract, Inverse contract\n\nSupports cursor-based pagination via. 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 getOpenInterest: 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.
getOpenInterest 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 getOpenInterest 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 getOpenInterest. 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.
getOpenInterest is provided by the Bybit MCP Server MCP server (bybit-exchange/trading-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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