Get market data for a specific asset from Hyperliquid.
AI agents call get_market_data to retrieve information from Hyperliquid without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves market data without side effects. It queries information about assets on the Hyperliquid exchange but does not execute trades, cancel orders, modify positions, or change account state. This is a standard read operation with minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent, as it only fetches publicly available market information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_market_data' and description 'Get market data for a specific asset from Hyperliquid' indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution of trades.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get market data for a specific asset from Hyperliquid. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Hyperliquid MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Hyperliquid MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_market_data: 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. Nothing to install.
get_market_data 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_market_data 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_market_data. 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_market_data is provided by the Hyperliquid MCP server (midodimori/hyperliquid-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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