AI agents call paradex_account_positions to retrieve information from MCP Paradex Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves current trading positions from a perpetual futures account. While it performs no write or destructive operations, it exposes sensitive financial information (open positions, leverage, P&L exposure). The 'high' severity reflects the sensitive nature of financial position data that could be misused if exposed, though the tool itself cannot execute trades or move funds.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'paradex_account_positions' and context within a trading platform MCP server indicate it retrieves position data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access paradex_account_positions gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Paradex Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for paradex_account_positions:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"paradex_account_positions": {}
}
}paradex_account_positions is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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paradex_account_positions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Paradex Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Paradex Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for paradex_account_positions: 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 MCP Paradex Server. Nothing to install.
paradex_account_positions 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 paradex_account_positions 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 paradex_account_positions. 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.
paradex_account_positions is provided by the MCP Paradex Server MCP server (sv/mcp-paradex-py). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP Paradex 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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