get_user_balance
Return the current DeepSeek account balance and availability status. This tool takes no parameters and is read-only. Use it for account health checks when diagnosing provider-side failures.
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What get_user_balance does on DeepSeek MCP Server
AI agents call get_user_balance to retrieve information from DeepSeek 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 get_user_balance is rated Low
This tool only retrieves account balance and status data with no side effects or parameters. It is a pure read operation used for diagnostics and account health checks. While balance information could be considered sensitive, the tool itself performs no risky actions—it simply queries existing data. Severity is low because misuse would only expose information already available to the account holder.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states "read-only" and "Return the current DeepSeek account balance". The function retrieves account balance information without modifying, deleting, or executing operations.
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The rule that runs get_user_balance safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and DeepSeek MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_user_balance, this is the rule to start with:
get_user_balance 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 DeepSeek MCP Server, apply this rule, and every get_user_balance call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_user_balance
Return the current DeepSeek account balance and availability status. This tool takes no parameters and is read-only. Use it for account health checks when diagnosing provider-side failures. It is categorised as a Read tool in the DeepSeek MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the DeepSeek MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_user_balance: 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 DeepSeek MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_user_balance 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_user_balance 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_user_balance. 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_user_balance is provided by the DeepSeek MCP Server MCP server (deepseek-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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