Low Risk

market_orderbook

Get the order book (bid/ask depth) for any trading pair on Hyperliquid. Shows price levels and sizes on both sides. Essential for understanding liquidity, spread, and potential support/resistance.

Part of the Coinversaa MCP server. Enforce policies on this tool with Intercept, the open-source MCP proxy.

AI agents call market_orderbook to retrieve information from Coinversaa without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.

Even though market_orderbook only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.

Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.

io-github-coinversaa-mcp-server.yaml
tools:
  market_orderbook:
    rules:
      - action: allow

See the full Coinversaa policy for all 7 tools.

Tool Name market_orderbook
Category Read
Risk Level Low

Agents calling read-class tools like market_orderbook have been implicated in these attack patterns. Read the full case and prevention policy for each:

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Other tools in the Read risk category across the catalogue. The same policy patterns (rate-limit, allow) apply to each.

What does the market_orderbook tool do? +

Get the order book (bid/ask depth) for any trading pair on Hyperliquid. Shows price levels and sizes on both sides. Essential for understanding liquidity, spread, and potential support/resistance.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Coinversaa MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on market_orderbook? +

Add a rule in your Intercept YAML policy under the tools section for market_orderbook. You can allow, deny, rate-limit, or validate arguments. Then run Intercept as a proxy in front of the Coinversaa MCP server.

What risk level is market_orderbook? +

market_orderbook is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit market_orderbook? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the market_orderbook rule in your Intercept 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.

How do I block market_orderbook completely? +

Set action: deny in the Intercept policy for market_orderbook. 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.

What MCP server provides market_orderbook? +

market_orderbook is provided by the Coinversaa MCP server (@coinversaa/mcp-server). Intercept sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policies on Coinversaa

Open source. One binary. Zero dependencies.

npx -y @policylayer/intercept
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