Returns information about a single coin category on CoinMarketCap.
AI agents call cryptoCategory to retrieve information from CoinMarketCap MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a data retrieval operation querying cryptocurrency category information from the CoinMarketCap API. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute commands, delete resources, or involve financial transactions. The low severity reflects minimal risk even if misused—an AI agent could at worst retrieve category metadata, which poses no direct harm.
From the tool's definition The tool 'cryptoCategory' returns information about a single coin category, with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities indicated in the description.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access cryptoCategory gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and CoinMarketCap MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for cryptoCategory:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"cryptoCategory": {}
}
}cryptoCategory is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns information about a single coin category on CoinMarketCap. It is categorised as a Read tool in the CoinMarketCap MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the CoinMarketCap MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cryptoCategory: 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 CoinMarketCap MCP. Nothing to install.
cryptoCategory 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 cryptoCategory 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 cryptoCategory. 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.
cryptoCategory is provided by the CoinMarketCap MCP server (shinzo-labs/coinmarketcap-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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