AI agents use amend_order to commit financial operations through Bybit — usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
Amending an order on a financial exchange modifies an active trade order (price, quantity, etc.), which constitutes a financial commitment. On Bybit, this directly affects live trading positions and financial obligations. The empty description lowers confidence slightly, but the server context and sibling tools make the financial nature highly evident. Misuse could result in significant financial loss.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'amend_order' on a trading exchange MCP server (Bybit) that enables 'trading, account management' among 246 tools; sibling tools include batch_place_order, cancel_all_orders, batch_amend_order confirming this is a live trading context.
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amend_order. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Bybit MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Bybit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for amend_order: 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 Bybit. Nothing to install.
amend_order is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the amend_order 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 amend_order. 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.
amend_order is provided by the Bybit MCP server (johnnywic/bybit-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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