Get remaining surge tax quota for a token.
AI agents call get_available_surge_quota to retrieve information from Basis 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 about a token's surge tax quota. The verb 'get' and the read-only nature of querying a quota value confirm this is a Read operation. There are no side effects, state modifications, or external operations triggered. Severity is low because misuse would only expose informational data about tax quotas, with no financial or destructive impact.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_available_surge_quota' and description 'Get remaining surge tax quota for a token' indicate a query operation that retrieves information about a token's surge tax quota without modifying state.
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Get remaining surge tax quota for a token. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Basis MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Basis MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_available_surge_quota: 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 Basis MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_available_surge_quota 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_available_surge_quota 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_available_surge_quota. 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_available_surge_quota is provided by the Basis MCP Server MCP server (launch-on-basis/mcp-ts). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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