check_balance

What check_balance does on Remit Md MCP Server

AI agents call check_balance to retrieve information from Remit Md MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why check_balance is rated Low

This tool only retrieves information about account state without creating, modifying, or moving funds. It is a pure read operation analogous to a balance inquiry. While it occurs in a financial system (remit.md), the tool itself performs no financial transactions or state changes. Severity is low because unauthorized balance checks pose minimal direct harm compared to payment or fund movement capabilities.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'check_balance' and description states it checks 'your current USDC wallet balance' — a query operation with no side effects.

The rule that runs check_balance safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Remit Md MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For check_balance, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "check_balance": {}
  }
}

Questions about check_balance