ccxt_exchange_info

What ccxt_exchange_info does on Codex CCXT MCP

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

Why ccxt_exchange_info is rated Low

This tool retrieves and returns informational metadata about the exchange's capabilities and configuration. It performs no modifications, deletions, or financial transactions. The action is purely informational (Read category). Severity is low because querying exchange metadata poses minimal risk—it cannot cause financial loss, delete data, or trigger unwanted operations even if called repeatedly with any arguments.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'ccxt_exchange_info' and description 'Return metadata and capability flags for the configured exchange' indicate retrieval of static exchange configuration data without any side effects.

The rule that runs ccxt_exchange_info safely

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

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

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