get_btc_balance

What get_btc_balance does on Aibtc

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

Why get_btc_balance is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only query of blockchain data. It retrieves the BTC balance associated with a given address but does not execute transactions, modify balances, or trigger external operations. The read category is appropriate for balance lookups, and severity is low since the tool cannot cause financial loss or irreversible changes—it only exposes publicly available blockchain information.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_btc_balance' and description 'Get the BTC balance for a Bitcoin address' indicate a query operation that retrieves balance information without modifying any state.

The rule that runs get_btc_balance safely

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

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

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