Identify the most active or volatile markets and get current market conditions. Use this tool when you need to: - Find the most active markets by volume for liquidity analysis - Discover markets with significant price movements for momentum strategies - Compare current prices across multiple asse...
AI agents call paradex_market_summaries to retrieve information from Paradex MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | — | Limit the number of results to the specified number. |
offset | integer | — | Offset the results to the specified number. |
market_ids | array | — | Market symbols to get summaries for. |
jmespath_filter | string | — | JMESPath expression to filter, sort, or limit the results. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool retrieves and queries market data without side effects. It provides read-only access to market conditions, prices, volumes, and analytics. While it is used on a trading platform, the tool itself only reads data; it does not place orders, transfer funds, or execute trades. It poses minimal risk as misuse would only result in incorrect market analysis, not irreversible data loss or financial harm.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Retrieves current market summary information including price, volume, 24h change, and other key market metrics.' The use cases are all read-only: 'Find the most active markets', 'Discover markets with significant price movements',…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access paradex_market_summaries gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Paradex MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for paradex_market_summaries:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"paradex_market_summaries": {}
}
}paradex_market_summaries is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Identify the most active or volatile markets and get current market conditions. Use this tool when you need to: - Find the most active markets by volume for liquidity analysis - Discover markets with significant price movements for momentum strategies - Compare current prices across multiple assets - Identify markets with unusual behavior for potential opportunities Retrieves current market summary information including price, volume, 24h change, and other key market metrics. If "ALL" is specified or no market IDs are provided, returns summaries for all available markets. Example use cases: - Finding high-volatility markets for short-term trading - Identifying top gainers and losers for the day - Comparing volume across different markets to find liquidity - Getting the current price and 24-hour range for price analysis You can use JMESPath expressions (https://jmespath.org/specification.html) to filter, sort, or limit the results. Use the paradex_filters_model tool to get the filters for a tool. Examples: - Filter by high price: "[?high_price > 10000]" - Sort by volume: "sort_by([*], &volume)" - Get top 3 by price change: "[sort_by([*], &to_number(price_change_percent))[-3:]]". It is categorised as a Read tool in the Paradex MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
paradex_market_summaries accepts 4 parameters: limit, offset, market_ids, jmespath_filter. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Paradex MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for paradex_market_summaries: 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 Paradex MCP Server. Nothing to install.
paradex_market_summaries 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_market_summaries 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_market_summaries. 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_market_summaries is provided by the Paradex MCP Server MCP server (tradeparadex/mcp-paradex-py). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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