# get_market_clock

Retrieves and formats current market status and next open/close times.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_market_clock`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-market-clock

## Facts

- Tool: `get_market_clock`
- Server: Alpaca MCP Server (`cliffsgpt/alpaca-mcp-clone`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/CliffsGPT/Alpaca-MCP-Clone
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_market_clock",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get_market_clock is rated Low

This tool only retrieves publicly available market status information. It does not create, modify, delete, execute operations, or commit financial transactions. The 'retrieves' verb and focus on formatting existing data confirm it is a Read operation.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'get_market_clock' and description 'Retrieves and formats current market status and next open/close times' indicate a query operation that fetches read-only market timing data with no side effects."

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Alpaca MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_market_clock": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Alpaca MCP Server (30)

- `cancel_all_orders` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/cancel-all-orders.md
- `cancel_order_by_id` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/cancel-order-by-id.md
- `close_all_positions` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/close-all-positions.md
- `exercise_options_position` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/exercise-options-position.md
- `place_crypto_order` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/place-crypto-order.md
- `place_option_market_order` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/place-option-market-order.md
- `place_stock_order` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/place-stock-order.md
- `get_account_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-account-info.md
- `get_all_assets` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-all-assets.md
- `get_asset_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-asset-info.md
- `get_corporate_announcements` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-corporate-announcements.md
- `get_crypto_bars` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-crypto-bars.md
- `get_crypto_quotes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-crypto-quotes.md
- `get_market_calendar` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-market-calendar.md
- `get_open_position` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-open-position.md
- `get_option_contracts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-option-contracts.md
- `get_option_latest_quote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-option-latest-quote.md
- `get_option_snapshot` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-option-snapshot.md
- `get_orders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-orders.md
- `get_positions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-positions.md
- `get_stock_bars` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-stock-bars.md
- `get_stock_latest_bar` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-stock-latest-bar.md
- `get_stock_latest_trade` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-stock-latest-trade.md
- `get_stock_quote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-stock-quote.md
- `get_stock_snapshot` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-stock-snapshot.md
- `get_stock_trades` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-stock-trades.md
- `get_watchlists` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/get-watchlists.md
- `close_position` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/close-position.md
- `create_watchlist` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/create-watchlist.md
- `update_watchlist` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone/update-watchlist.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/cliffsgpt-alpaca-mcp-clone