get_account_stx_balance

What get_account_stx_balance does on Stacks AI MCP Server

AI agents call get_account_stx_balance to retrieve information from Stacks AI MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_account_stx_balance is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only operation to query blockchain account data. It retrieves the STX (Stacks native token) balance for a specified account, which is a standard data retrieval operation with no side effects, no state changes, and no financial impact. Misuse would be limited to information disclosure concerns rather than actions that could cause harm or financial loss.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_account_stx_balance' and description states 'Get STX balance for an account' — a query operation that retrieves account balance information without modifying or executing any transactions.

The rule that runs get_account_stx_balance safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Stacks AI MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_account_stx_balance, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_account_stx_balance": {}
  }
}

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