Compare a trade's entry price to the CLOB consensus mid at that time.
AI agents call compare_entry_to_consensus to retrieve information from Polymarket Research without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and compares historical market data (trade entry price and consensus mid price) to provide analytical insights. It performs no creation, modification, deletion, execution, or financial transaction. The read-only server designation and the passive analytical nature of the operation confirm this is a Read category tool with low severity and high confidence.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Compare a trade's entry price to the CLOB consensus mid at that time.' The verb 'compare' and the analytical nature of retrieving historical trade and price data indicate data retrieval without side effects.
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Compare a trade's entry price to the CLOB consensus mid at that time. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Polymarket Research MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Polymarket Research MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for compare_entry_to_consensus: 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 Polymarket Research. Nothing to install.
compare_entry_to_consensus 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 compare_entry_to_consensus 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 compare_entry_to_consensus. 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.
compare_entry_to_consensus is provided by the Polymarket Research MCP server (yoppav/polymarket-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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