# tengu_v3_intel_commodities

REAL-TIME spot prices for the macro commodities (oil WTI/Brent, gold, silver, nat-gas, copper). AUTHORITATIVE source for any numeric commodity claim — call this BEFORE quoting a price level. QUOTE 'spot' DIRECTLY — it's the live commodity price (FRED's last published close anchored to the live commodity-tracking ETF's cumulative return since that date, so it reflects today's market not FRED's T+1..T+5 publish lag). 'unit' tells you the dimension (USD/barrel for oil, USD/MMBtu for natgas, USD/metric-ton for copper). Response fields per item: 'spot' (live number — quote this), 'unit' (dimension), 'spot_basis' ('live_etf_bridged' = FRED+ETF bridge | 'fred_close' = FRED only, no ETF available | 'etf_share_price' = FRED dead, falling back to ETF SHARE price [unit reads 'USD per share of {ETF}'] — DO NOT claim $/oz when basis is etf_share_price), 'spot_time' (timestamp of the live observation), 'live_spot_estimate' (same as spot when bridged, else null), 'live_basis' (transparent arithmetic, e.g. 'FRED WTI $99.89 (2026-04-27) × (USO 142.80 / 134.72)'), 'bridge_return_pct' (ETF return applied to FRED), 'official_close' + 'official_close_as_of' (FRED audit value — quote ONLY if user explicitly asks for the last settlement / closing price), 'change_pct_1d/5d/30d' (FRED-window returns), 'history_5d' (last 6 FRED observations newest-first), 'fred_days_stale' + 'is_stale' (publish-lag flags — informational; spot is still live regardless), 'etf_proxy_quote' (the underlying ETF snapshot used for the bridge; for transparency only). 'symbol=oil' returns both WTI and Brent; default 'all' returns all six.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `tengu_v3_intel_commodities`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/tengu-mcp/tengu-v3-intel-commodities

## Facts

- Tool: `tengu_v3_intel_commodities`
- Server: Tengu (`Hlobo-dev/tengu-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/tengu-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/Hlobo-dev/tengu-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `symbol` | string | no |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "tengu_v3_intel_commodities",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why tengu_v3_intel_commodities is rated Low

Even though tengu_v3_intel_commodities only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

## Use case

AI agents call tengu_v3_intel_commodities to retrieve information from Tengu without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Tengu:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "tengu_v3_intel_commodities": {}
  }
}
```

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