Check the remaining credit balance and recent deductions for the authenticated SocialCrawl account. Calls the meta endpoint GET /v1/credits/balance — costs 0 credits. Requires a valid SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY.
AI agents call socialcrawl_check_balance to retrieve information from Socialcrawl without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves account metadata (credit balance and deduction history) without modifying any data or executing external operations. It is purely informational, analogous to checking an account balance in a financial system without making transactions. The GET HTTP method and zero-cost operation confirm read-only semantics.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it 'Check[s] the remaining credit balance and recent deductions' and 'Calls the meta endpoint GET /v1/credits/balance' — a read-only query operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check the remaining credit balance and recent deductions for the authenticated SocialCrawl account. Calls the meta endpoint GET /v1/credits/balance — costs 0 credits. Requires a valid SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Socialcrawl MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Socialcrawl MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for socialcrawl_check_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 Socialcrawl. Nothing to install.
socialcrawl_check_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 socialcrawl_check_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 socialcrawl_check_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.
socialcrawl_check_balance is provided by the Socialcrawl MCP server (socialcrawl/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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