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calculate_irr

Calculate Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for real estate investments with cash flow analysis

How to control calculate_irr ↓

What calculate_irr does on RealVest Real Estate MCP Server

AI agents call calculate_irr to retrieve information from RealVest Real Estate MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why calculate_irr needs a policy

This is a pure computational tool that analyzes and queries financial metrics. It reads investment parameters and cash flow data to produce an IRR calculation, but does not create, modify, delete, or execute any transactions. There are no side effects beyond returning a calculated value. The tool falls squarely into the Read category as it retrieves and analyzes data without causing any state changes.

From the tool's definition The tool description states it 'Calculate[s] Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for real estate investments with cash flow analysis' — this is a calculation/analysis operation that takes financial data as input and returns a computed result without modifying any…

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access calculate_irr gives an agent:

How to control calculate_irr

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and RealVest Real Estate MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for calculate_irr:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "calculate_irr": {}
  }
}

calculate_irr is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register RealVest Real Estate MCP Server — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about calculate_irr

What does the calculate_irr tool do? +

Calculate Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for real estate investments with cash flow analysis. It is categorised as a Read tool in the RealVest Real Estate MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on calculate_irr? +

Register the RealVest Real Estate MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for calculate_irr: 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 RealVest Real Estate MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is calculate_irr? +

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

Can I rate-limit calculate_irr? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the calculate_irr 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 calculate_irr completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for calculate_irr. 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 calculate_irr? +

calculate_irr is provided by the RealVest Real Estate MCP Server MCP server (sigaihealth/realvestmcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every RealVest Real Estate MCP Server tool call.

Start from RealVest Real Estate MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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