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news_search

Search crypto news by keywords across all 7 sources. Useful for finding news about specific topics, tokens, protocols, or events.

How to control news_search ↓

What news_search does on Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI MCP Server

AI agents call news_search 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 news_search needs a policy

This tool performs read-only queries against news sources. It retrieves information without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or moving assets. No financial transactions or destructive operations are possible. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could spam searches or retrieve irrelevant news, but cannot cause harm beyond wasting resources or flooding outputs.

From the tool's definition Tool description states it "Search[es] crypto news by keywords" - a retrieval operation with no side effects. The verb 'search' and the context of querying news sources across multiple sources indicates data retrieval only.

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

How to control news_search

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 news_search:

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

news_search 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 news_search

What does the news_search tool do? +

Search crypto news by keywords across all 7 sources. Useful for finding news about specific topics, tokens, protocols, or events. 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 news_search? +

Register the Sperax Ecosystem Crypto & DeFI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for news_search: 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 news_search? +

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

Can I rate-limit news_search? +

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

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

news_search 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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