decode_address

What decode_address does on Algorand MCP

AI agents call decode_address to retrieve information from Algorand MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why decode_address is rated Low

Decoding an address to its public key is a cryptographic parsing operation that has no side effects. It retrieves information from data the user already possesses (the address itself) and converts it to another representation. This is analogous to a lookup or query operation. The public key itself is not sensitive information—it is by definition public on the blockchain.

From the tool's definition The tool 'decode_address' with description 'Decode an Algorand address to a public key' performs a one-way transformation of publicly available data (an address) to extract its underlying public key component.

The rule that runs decode_address safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Algorand MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For decode_address, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "decode_address": {}
  }
}

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