Convert a USD amount to raw token units. Useful for agents pricing services in USD but paying in USDC or SOL.
AI agents call usd_to_token_amount to retrieve information from Agenti without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or computes a value (currency conversion rate/formula) without creating transactions, modifying accounts, executing operations, or moving funds. It is a lookup or calculation utility that an agent would use to determine how much of a token to spend, but the actual spending is done by separate tools like agenti_pay. The conversion itself is read-only and reversible in nature.
From the tool's definition Tool performs a conversion calculation from USD to token units with no side effects. The description states it 'Convert[s] a USD amount to raw token units' — a pure data transformation function.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access usd_to_token_amount gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Agenti, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for usd_to_token_amount:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"usd_to_token_amount": {}
}
}usd_to_token_amount is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Convert a USD amount to raw token units. Useful for agents pricing services in USD but paying in USDC or SOL. 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 usd_to_token_amount: 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.
usd_to_token_amount 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 usd_to_token_amount 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 usd_to_token_amount. 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.
usd_to_token_amount 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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