Get total options volume across the market
AI agents call get_market_total_options_volume to retrieve information from Unusual Whales MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves aggregate market options volume data. It performs no side effects, does not modify data, execute commands, delete information, or commit financial transactions. It is purely a data retrieval operation, fitting the 'Read' category with low severity risk since misuse would only retrieve information an agent is authorized to access.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_market_total_options_volume' and description 'Get total options volume across the market' both indicate a retrieval/query operation that retrieves market data without modifying or executing transactions.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get total options volume across the market. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Unusual Whales MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Unusual Whales MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_market_total_options_volume: 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 Unusual Whales MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_market_total_options_volume 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_market_total_options_volume 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_market_total_options_volume. 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_market_total_options_volume is provided by the Unusual Whales MCP Server MCP server (phields/unusualwhales-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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