watchlist_get

What watchlist_get does on TradingView MCP Bridge

AI agents call watchlist_get to retrieve information from TradingView MCP Bridge without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why watchlist_get is rated Low

This tool only queries and returns data (watchlist symbols with price information) with no side effects. It fits the Read category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch)'. The severity is low because the data retrieved is non-sensitive market data already visible in the user's own TradingView interface, and there are no destructive, financial, or execution risks.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'watchlist_get' and description states 'Get all symbols from the current TradingView watchlist with last price, change, and change%' - purely a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.

The rule that runs watchlist_get 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 watchlist_get, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "watchlist_get": {}
  }
}

Questions about watchlist_get