Get the balance of your wallet. Returns balance in the native unit (sats for BTC, micro-units for USDC/EURC) plus formatted display values.
AI agents call wallet_balance to retrieve information from PayPls MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries wallet balance information only. While the server manages financial assets, this specific tool does not move money, create obligations, or modify data—it merely retrieves and displays existing balance state. Financial severity is mitigated because reading balance information poses minimal risk compared to sending funds or incurring obligations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'wallet_balance' and description 'Get the balance of your wallet' indicate a read-only retrieval operation with no side effects. Returns balance data without modifying state.
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Get the balance of your wallet. Returns balance in the native unit (sats for BTC, micro-units for USDC/EURC) plus formatted display values. It is categorised as a Read tool in the PayPls MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the PayPls MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for wallet_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 PayPls MCP Server. Nothing to install.
wallet_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 wallet_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 wallet_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.
wallet_balance is provided by the PayPls MCP Server MCP server (n8m8/paypls-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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