Place a new order (limit or market). Requires authentication and private key for signing.
AI agents use place_order to commit financial operations through Derive MCP — usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
Placing orders in financial markets commits funds and creates binding trade obligations. Misuse could result in unauthorized trades, significant financial losses, or unintended market positions. The tool explicitly requires authentication and private key signing, confirming it executes real financial transactions.
From the tool's definition "Place a new order (limit or market)" — directly executes trades committing financial obligations in options, perpetuals, and spot markets.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Place a new order (limit or market). Requires authentication and private key for signing. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Derive MCP MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Derive MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for place_order: 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 Derive MCP. Nothing to install.
place_order is a Financial tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the place_order 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 place_order. 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.
place_order is provided by the Derive MCP server (solenyaresearch0000/derive-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
Teams ship this data inside their own products. See what a licence covers →