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getTransaction

Get details about a transaction including sender, recipient, value, gas, and input data.

How to control getTransaction ↓

What getTransaction does on Agentek Eth

AI agents call getTransaction to retrieve information from Agentek Eth 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 getTransaction needs a policy

This tool queries and retrieves transaction details from the Ethereum blockchain. It performs a read-only operation on publicly available data. No data is created, modified, deleted, or any external operations are triggered. The tool cannot cause financial harm, execute arbitrary code, or destructively alter state.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'getTransaction' and description 'Get details about a transaction including sender, recipient, value, gas, and input data' indicate retrieval of immutable historical blockchain data with no side effects or state modifications.

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

How to control getTransaction

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

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

getTransaction 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 Agentek Eth — 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 getTransaction

What does the getTransaction tool do? +

Get details about a transaction including sender, recipient, value, gas, and input data. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Agentek Eth MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on getTransaction? +

Register the Agentek Eth MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getTransaction: 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 Agentek Eth. Nothing to install.

What risk level is getTransaction? +

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

Can I rate-limit getTransaction? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the getTransaction 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 getTransaction completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for getTransaction. 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 getTransaction? +

getTransaction is provided by the Agentek Eth MCP server (nanidao/agentek). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Agentek Eth tool call.

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

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