AI agents call get_north_bound_flow to retrieve information from Cn Financial without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries historical or current financial flow data—specifically net inflow volumes of foreign capital into Chinese A-shares. It is purely informational with no side effects, matching the 'Read' category. It has low severity because misuse would only expose or analyze market data, not execute trades, move money, or modify any system state.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_north_bound_flow' and description '获取北向资金（沪股通+深股通）净流入数据' (Get north-bound fund net inflow data from Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect) indicate data retrieval of financial market flow statistics with no…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_north_bound_flow gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Cn Financial, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_north_bound_flow:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_north_bound_flow": {}
}
}get_north_bound_flow is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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获取北向资金（沪股通+深股通）净流入数据。. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cn Financial MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cn Financial MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_north_bound_flow: 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 Cn Financial. Nothing to install.
get_north_bound_flow 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 get_north_bound_flow 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 get_north_bound_flow. 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.
get_north_bound_flow is provided by the Cn Financial MCP server (ccq1/cn-financial-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Cn Financial, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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