Get TRC-20 token balance for an address. Supports symbol (USDT, USDC) or contract address. No auth required.
AI agents call get_trc20_balance to retrieve information from MERX - TRON Resource Exchange without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves token balance information (a query operation) with no side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations—it merely reads publicly available blockchain state. The lack of authentication requirement further confirms it is a safe read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get TRC-20 token balance for an address' and 'No auth required', which indicates pure data retrieval without modification or execution capabilities.
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Get TRC-20 token balance for an address. Supports symbol (USDT, USDC) or contract address. No auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MERX - TRON Resource Exchange MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MERX - TRON Resource Exchange MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_trc20_balance: 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 MERX - TRON Resource Exchange. Nothing to install.
get_trc20_balance 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_trc20_balance 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_trc20_balance. 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_trc20_balance is provided by the MERX - TRON Resource Exchange MCP server (Hovsteder/merx-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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