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governance_get_delegates

Get delegation information for an address including who they delegate to and who delegates to them.

How to control governance_get_delegates ↓

What governance_get_delegates does on Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI MCP Server

AI agents call governance_get_delegates to retrieve information from Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI 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 governance_get_delegates needs a policy

This tool retrieves and queries governance delegation data without modifying state, triggering external operations, or moving funds. It is a read-only operation on blockchain governance information, posing minimal security risk if misused by an AI agent.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'governance_get_delegates' and description indicate retrieval of delegation information: 'Get delegation information for an address including who they delegate to and who delegates to them.' This is a query operation with no side effects.

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

How to control governance_get_delegates

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for governance_get_delegates:

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

governance_get_delegates 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 Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI 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 governance_get_delegates

What does the governance_get_delegates tool do? +

Get delegation information for an address including who they delegate to and who delegates to them. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on governance_get_delegates? +

Register the Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for governance_get_delegates: 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 Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is governance_get_delegates? +

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

Can I rate-limit governance_get_delegates? +

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

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

governance_get_delegates is provided by the Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI MCP Server MCP server (sperax/sperax-crypto-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI MCP Server tool call.

Start from Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI 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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