getWalletBalance
Obtain wallet balance, query asset information of each currency, and each currency carries the risk rate of the current position.\n- By default, non-zero asset or liability currencies are not returned.\n- Unified account covers: UNIFIED\n- For Funding wallet balance, please use a separate endpoin...
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What getWalletBalance does on Bybit MCP Server
AI agents call getWalletBalance 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 getWalletBalance is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves wallet balance and asset information from the Bybit exchange. It performs no mutations, transactions, or state changes—merely fetching account balance data. While the Bybit context involves financial data, the tool itself is a read-only query operation that does not move money, execute trades, or modify any account state.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getWalletBalance' and description 'Obtain wallet balance, query asset information' indicate a data retrieval operation with no side effects or modifications.
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The rule that runs getWalletBalance 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 getWalletBalance, this is the rule to start with:
getWalletBalance 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 getWalletBalance call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getWalletBalance
Obtain wallet balance, query asset information of each currency, and each currency carries the risk rate of the current position.\n- By default, non-zero asset or liability currencies are not returned.\n- Unified account covers: UNIFIED\n- For Funding wallet balance, please use a separate endpoint.\n\nNotes:\n- Under UTA manual borrow logic,. 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 getWalletBalance: 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.
getWalletBalance 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 getWalletBalance 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 getWalletBalance. 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.
getWalletBalance 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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