Low Risk

consultar_cambio

Obtém informações de uma lista de moedas de cambio.

How to control consultar_cambio ↓

What consultar_cambio does on MCP Brasil API

AI agents call consultar_cambio to retrieve information from MCP Brasil API without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why consultar_cambio needs a policy

This tool queries and retrieves exchange rate currency information from a public Brazilian data API. It performs a read-only operation with no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could retrieve currency data unnecessarily but cannot modify state or commit financial obligations. This is a standard data lookup utility.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'consultar_cambio' and description 'Obtém informações de uma lista de moedas de cambio' (Retrieves information about a list of exchange rate currencies).

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access consultar_cambio gives an agent:

How to control consultar_cambio

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Brasil API, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for consultar_cambio:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "consultar_cambio": {}
  }
}

consultar_cambio is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register MCP Brasil API — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about consultar_cambio

What does the consultar_cambio tool do? +

Obtém informações de uma lista de moedas de cambio. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Brasil API MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on consultar_cambio? +

Register the MCP Brasil API MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for consultar_cambio: 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 MCP Brasil API. Nothing to install.

What risk level is consultar_cambio? +

consultar_cambio is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit consultar_cambio? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the consultar_cambio 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.

How do I block consultar_cambio completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for consultar_cambio. 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.

What MCP server provides consultar_cambio? +

consultar_cambio is provided by the MCP Brasil API MCP server (lucianfialho/mcp-brasil-api). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every MCP Brasil API tool call.

Start from MCP Brasil API, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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