get_coin_price
Get current price, 24h change, market cap, and volume for any coin by CoinGecko ID or symbol
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What get_coin_price does on Agenti
AI agents call get_coin_price 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 get_coin_price is rated Low
This tool queries public cryptocurrency price information from CoinGecko. It retrieves data only and has no side effects on accounts, balances, or financial positions. While the server enables financial operations, this specific tool is a read-only data lookup with minimal risk even if misused by an agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get current price, 24h change, market cap, and volume' - purely retrieval of publicly available market data with no modifications, transfers, or execution.
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The rule that runs get_coin_price 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 get_coin_price, this is the rule to start with:
get_coin_price 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 get_coin_price call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_coin_price
Get current price, 24h change, market cap, and volume for any coin by CoinGecko ID or symbol. 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 get_coin_price: 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.
get_coin_price 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_coin_price 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_coin_price. 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_coin_price 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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