Get all categories with market data (market cap, volume, change)
AI agents call market_coingecko_categories to retrieve information from BNB Chain MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves market data from CoinGecko (a public cryptocurrency market data provider). It performs a read-only operation with no side effects, no code execution, and no financial transactions. The severity is low because the data is typically public and the operation poses minimal risk even if misused by an agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get all categories with market data' — a retrieval operation that queries public market information without modifying, executing code, or committing financial transactions.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access market_coingecko_categories gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and BNB Chain MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for market_coingecko_categories:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"market_coingecko_categories": {}
}
}market_coingecko_categories is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get all categories with market data (market cap, volume, change). It is categorised as a Read tool in the BNB Chain MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the BNB Chain MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for market_coingecko_categories: 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 BNB Chain MCP. Nothing to install.
market_coingecko_categories 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 market_coingecko_categories 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 market_coingecko_categories. 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.
market_coingecko_categories is provided by the BNB Chain MCP server (nirholas/bnbchain-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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