pane_focus
Focus a specific chart pane by index (0-based)
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What pane_focus does on TradingView MCP Bridge
AI agents invoke pane_focus to trigger actions in TradingView MCP Bridge. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Why pane_focus is rated High
This tool triggers a UI interaction (focusing a chart pane) in the TradingView Desktop app via Chrome DevTools Protocol. It is an external operation that affects application state rather than simply reading data or writing/modifying stored data. The blast radius is low since focusing a pane is a benign UI action with no financial, destructive, or significant side effects.
From the tool's definition Focus a specific chart pane by index (0-based)
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The rule that runs pane_focus safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and TradingView MCP Bridge, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For pane_focus, this is the rule to start with:
pane_focus stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect TradingView MCP Bridge, apply this rule, and every pane_focus call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about pane_focus
Focus a specific chart pane by index (0-based). It is categorised as a Execute tool in the TradingView MCP Bridge MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the TradingView MCP Bridge MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for pane_focus: 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 TradingView MCP Bridge. Nothing to install.
pane_focus is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the pane_focus 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 pane_focus. 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.
pane_focus is provided by the TradingView MCP Bridge MCP server (byeung888/tradingview-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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