Check the Scarab reputation points balance for a wallet address. Scarab is Maiat
AI agents call get_scarab_balance to retrieve information from Maiat Protocol without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves balance information for a reputation token (Scarab points). It is purely informational—querying state without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. Even though it relates to financial reputation infrastructure, it does not move money, commit financial obligations, or trigger transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal (information disclosure only).
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_scarab_balance' and description states 'Check the Scarab reputation points balance for a wallet address.' The verb 'Check' indicates a read-only query operation with no modification or side effects.
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Check the Scarab reputation points balance for a wallet address. Scarab is Maiat. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Maiat Protocol MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Maiat Protocol MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_scarab_balance: 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 Maiat Protocol. Nothing to install.
get_scarab_balance 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_scarab_balance 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_scarab_balance. 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_scarab_balance is provided by the Maiat Protocol MCP server (jhinresh/maiat-protocol). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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