Get the latest spot price for a cryptocurrency from Binance.
AI agents call get_price to retrieve information from My HTTP MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves data (cryptocurrency price) from an external source (Binance) and returns it to the user. There are no side effects, no data modifications, no code execution, no deletions, and no financial transactions. It is a simple query operation consistent with the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_price' and description 'Get the latest spot price for a cryptocurrency from Binance' indicate a retrieval operation that fetches real-time market data without modifying any state.
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Get the latest spot price for a cryptocurrency from Binance. It is categorised as a Read tool in the My HTTP MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the My HTTP MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_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 My HTTP MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_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_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_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_price is provided by the My HTTP MCP Server MCP server (joheiss/my-http-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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