funding_rates

Get perpetual futures funding rates across Binance, Bybit, and OKX

Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What funding_rates does on AgentPay x402 — Economic-intelligence layer for AI Agents

AI agents call funding_rates to retrieve information from AgentPay x402 — Economic-intelligence layer for AI Agents without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why funding_rates needs a policy

This tool retrieves funding rate data from public cryptocurrency exchanges. It performs a read-only query with no data modification, no code execution, and no financial transactions initiated by the tool itself. While an agent could use this data to inform trading decisions, the tool itself only fetches public market information.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'funding_rates' and description 'Get perpetual futures funding rates across Binance, Bybit, and OKX' indicate a data retrieval operation. The verb 'Get' and the plural 'rates' suggest querying public market data without modification or side effects.

Questions about funding_rates

What does the funding_rates tool do? +

Get perpetual futures funding rates across Binance, Bybit, and OKX. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AgentPay x402 — Economic-intelligence layer for AI Agents MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on funding_rates? +

Register the AgentPay x402 — Economic-intelligence layer for AI Agents MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for funding_rates: 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 AgentPay x402 — Economic-intelligence layer for AI Agents. Nothing to install.

What risk level is funding_rates? +

funding_rates is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit funding_rates? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the funding_rates 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.

How do I block funding_rates completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for funding_rates. 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.

What MCP server provides funding_rates? +

funding_rates is provided by the AgentPay x402 — Economic-intelligence layer for AI Agents MCP server (romudille-bit/agentpay). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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