Return installed freqtrade version and MCP server version.
AI agents call freqtrade_get_version_info to retrieve information from Freqtrade without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves version metadata about installed software. It is a pure read operation with no side effects, no code execution, and no data modification. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—returning version numbers poses no direct security risk. Classified as Read with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'freqtrade_get_version_info' and description 'Return installed freqtrade version and MCP server version' indicate a retrieval operation that queries version information without modifying, executing, or deleting anything.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access freqtrade_get_version_info gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Freqtrade, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for freqtrade_get_version_info:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"freqtrade_get_version_info": {}
}
}freqtrade_get_version_info is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Return installed freqtrade version and MCP server version. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Freqtrade MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Freqtrade MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for freqtrade_get_version_info: 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 Freqtrade. Nothing to install.
freqtrade_get_version_info 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 freqtrade_get_version_info 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 freqtrade_get_version_info. 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.
freqtrade_get_version_info is provided by the Freqtrade MCP server (yalcin/freqtrade-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Freqtrade, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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