take_loan
Loan against any token. No price liquidation. For STASIS prefer vault_borrow.
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What take_loan does on Basis MCP Server
AI agents use take_loan to commit financial operations through Basis MCP Server, usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
Why take_loan is rated Critical
Taking a loan is a direct financial operation that creates a debt obligation and locks collateral on-chain. It falls squarely in the Financial category. Misuse by an AI agent could result in unintended debt positions, locked collateral, or financial loss, making the severity critical.
From the tool's definition 'Loan against any token' — this tool commits a financial obligation (borrowing funds against collateral) on the BNB Smart Chain blockchain, which is an irreversible on-chain financial action.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs take_loan safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Basis MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For take_loan, this is the rule to start with:
Any call to take_loan is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Basis MCP Server, apply this rule, and every take_loan call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about take_loan
Loan against any token. No price liquidation. For STASIS prefer vault_borrow. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Basis MCP Server MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Basis MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for take_loan: 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.
take_loan 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 take_loan 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 take_loan. 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.
take_loan 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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