analyze_trading_intent
Analyze user message to determine trading intent and extract parameters.
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What analyze_trading_intent does on MCP Trader Server
AI agents call analyze_trading_intent to retrieve information from MCP Trader Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why analyze_trading_intent is rated Low
This tool performs intent analysis and parameter extraction—a read-only operation that retrieves information from user input to classify intent. It does not execute trades, modify positions, move money, or delete data. While it operates in a financial context, the tool itself is a pure analysis/parsing function with no direct financial or operational side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'analyze_trading_intent' and description 'Analyze user message to determine trading intent and extract parameters' indicate parsing and analysis of user input without executing trades, moving funds, or modifying any state.
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The rule that runs analyze_trading_intent safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and MCP Trader Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For analyze_trading_intent, this is the rule to start with:
analyze_trading_intent is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect MCP Trader Server, apply this rule, and every analyze_trading_intent call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about analyze_trading_intent
Analyze user message to determine trading intent and extract parameters. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Trader Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Trader Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for analyze_trading_intent: 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 Trader Server. Nothing to install.
analyze_trading_intent 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 analyze_trading_intent 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 analyze_trading_intent. 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.
analyze_trading_intent is provided by the MCP Trader Server MCP server (af7007/mcp-trader). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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