Returns an interval of historic quotes for any exchange based on time and interval parameters.
AI agents call exchangeQuotesHistorical 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 retrieves historical cryptocurrency exchange quote data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is purely informational and has no side effects. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose data already publicly available through the CoinMarketCap API, with no financial transactions or system modifications possible.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'exchangeQuotesHistorical' and description 'Returns an interval of historic quotes for any exchange' indicate data retrieval with no modification. The verb 'Returns' and focus on querying historical data confirms read-only behavior.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access exchangeQuotesHistorical 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 exchangeQuotesHistorical:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"exchangeQuotesHistorical": {}
}
}exchangeQuotesHistorical is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Returns an interval of historic quotes for any exchange based on time and interval parameters. 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 exchangeQuotesHistorical: 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.
exchangeQuotesHistorical 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 exchangeQuotesHistorical 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 exchangeQuotesHistorical. 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.
exchangeQuotesHistorical 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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