Get candlestick data for a token on Hyperliquid
AI agents call get_candle_snapshot to retrieve information from Hyperliquid 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 historical candlestick (OHLCV) data from the Hyperliquid exchange. It performs a read-only query operation with no side effects—it neither creates, modifies, deletes, nor executes any transactions. The severity is low because misuse would only result in unauthorized data access, not financial loss or system damage.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_candle_snapshot' and description 'Get candlestick data for a token on Hyperliquid' indicate retrieval of historical market data with no modification or execution of trades.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_candle_snapshot gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Hyperliquid MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_candle_snapshot:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_candle_snapshot": {}
}
}get_candle_snapshot is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get candlestick data for a token on Hyperliquid. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Hyperliquid MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Hyperliquid MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_candle_snapshot: 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 Hyperliquid MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_candle_snapshot 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_candle_snapshot 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_candle_snapshot. 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_candle_snapshot is provided by the Hyperliquid MCP Server MCP server (mektigboy/server-hyperliquid). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Hyperliquid MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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