get_stock_info

What get_stock_info does on Cowork Bench

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

Why get_stock_info is rated Low

This tool retrieves publicly available stock information based on a ticker symbol. It performs a read-only query operation with no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no financial transactions (no buying, selling, or moving money). The tool has minimal blast radius—misuse would only result in repeated data retrieval, not harmful consequences.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_stock_info' and description 'Get stock information for a given ticker symbol' indicate retrieval of stock market data without modification, deletion, or financial transactions.

The rule that runs get_stock_info safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cowork Bench, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_stock_info, this is the rule to start with:

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

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