detect_price_anomalies
Detect unusual price movements for a coin using Modified Z-Score statistical analysis. Useful for agents monitoring for unusual market moves.
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What detect_price_anomalies does on Agenti
AI agents call detect_price_anomalies to retrieve information from Agenti without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why detect_price_anomalies is rated Low
detect_price_anomalies performs statistical analysis (Modified Z-Score) on existing price data to identify anomalies. This is a pure read operation: it queries market data and performs computation to flag patterns, with no side effects, no data modification, no execution of external operations, and no financial transactions.
From the tool's definition The tool description explicitly states it 'Detect[s] unusual price movements' and is 'Useful for agents monitoring for unusual market moves.' This is observational analysis only—it retrieves and analyzes market data without creating, modifying, executing…
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The rule that runs detect_price_anomalies safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Agenti, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For detect_price_anomalies, this is the rule to start with:
detect_price_anomalies is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Agenti, apply this rule, and every detect_price_anomalies call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about detect_price_anomalies
Detect unusual price movements for a coin using Modified Z-Score statistical analysis. Useful for agents monitoring for unusual market moves. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Agenti MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Agenti MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for detect_price_anomalies: 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 Agenti. Nothing to install.
detect_price_anomalies 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 detect_price_anomalies 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 detect_price_anomalies. 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.
detect_price_anomalies is provided by the Agenti MCP server (nirholas/agenti). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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