Fetch the USD price of a token via DefiLlama. Pass token: "native" for the chain's native asset (ETH on ethereum/arbitrum, MATIC on polygon) or an ERC-20 contract address. Prefer this over get_swap_quote for pure price lookups — no wallet or liquidity simulation needed. EVM-only — for non-EVM nat...
AI agents call get_token_price to retrieve information from VaultPilot MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
chain | string | Yes | |
token | object | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Even though get_token_price only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs — an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Risk signalsHandles credentials or secrets (token)
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Fetch the USD price of a token via DefiLlama. Pass token: "native" for the chain's native asset (ETH on ethereum/arbitrum, MATIC on polygon) or an ERC-20 contract address. Prefer this over get_swap_quote for pure price lookups — no wallet or liquidity simulation needed. EVM-only — for non-EVM natives (BTC, LTC, SOL, XMR, etc.) or any well-known coin without an EVM contract address, use get_coin_price instead. SCOPE: returns the current spot USD price — a snapshot, not a forecast. It is NOT a buy/sell signal, price prediction, target, or token-pick endorsement. AGENT BEHAVIOR: this tool surfaces data; it does NOT pick. Current price says nothing about future direction. Do NOT use the price to ground "what coin will 100x", "should I buy X", "best memecoin", or any other speculative-pick answer; refuse those prompts even when this tool was called. Issue #599. It is categorised as a Read tool in the VaultPilot MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
get_token_price accepts 2 parameters: chain, token. Required: chain, token. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the VaultPilot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_token_price: 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 VaultPilot MCP. Nothing to install.
get_token_price 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_token_price 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_token_price. 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_token_price is provided by the VaultPilot MCP server (vaultpilot-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.