get_contract_events
Get events emitted by a smart contract
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What get_contract_events does on Stacks AI MCP Server
AI agents call get_contract_events 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_contract_events is rated Low
This tool retrieves historical event logs from smart contracts, which is a read-only operation with no side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute code. Even in a DeFi context with financial instruments, querying events is purely informational and poses minimal risk of misuse by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_contract_events' and description 'Get events emitted by a smart contract' indicate a retrieval operation that queries blockchain data without modifying state or executing transactions.
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The rule that runs get_contract_events 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_contract_events, this is the rule to start with:
get_contract_events is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Stacks AI MCP Server, apply this rule, and every get_contract_events call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_contract_events
Get events emitted by a smart contract. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Stacks AI MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Stacks AI MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_contract_events: 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 Stacks AI MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_contract_events 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 get_contract_events 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 get_contract_events. 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.
get_contract_events is provided by the Stacks AI MCP Server MCP server (stack-ai-mcp/stacks-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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