Gets the current balance for all currencies in your account.
AI agents call get_my_balance to retrieve information from Independent Reserve MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves account balance data without side effects. However, it accesses sensitive financial account information that could reveal portfolio composition and holdings to unauthorized parties if an AI agent is compromised.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description explicitly state 'Gets the current balance' — a retrieval operation with no modification or execution of commands.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Gets the current balance for all currencies in your account. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Independent Reserve MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Independent Reserve MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_my_balance: 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 Independent Reserve MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_my_balance 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_my_balance 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_my_balance. 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_my_balance is provided by the Independent Reserve MCP Server MCP server (sholtomaud/ir-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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