equity_price_quote

Get the latest equity/stock price quote for a given ticker symbol. Tries Stooq first, then Yahoo Finance as fallback.

SERVERNodebench SOURCEnodebench-mcp

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

Registry record Grade F, identity unverified Pull the record →

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WHAT IT DOES

What equity_price_quote does on Nodebench

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

RISK

Why equity_price_quote is rated Low

This tool retrieves current stock price information from external APIs (Stooq, Yahoo Finance) as a read-only query. It has no side effects—it does not execute trades, move money, modify data, or trigger external actions beyond fetching public market data. The blast radius of misuse is minimal: an agent could retrieve stock prices for any ticker, but this alone poses no financial or operational risk.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'equity_price_quote' and description 'Get the latest equity/stock price quote for a given ticker symbol' indicates pure data retrieval with no modification or execution of trades.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs equity_price_quote safely

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

equity_price_quote Allowed

equity_price_quote is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

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

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Nodebench, apply this rule, and every equity_price_quote call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about equity_price_quote

What does the equity_price_quote tool do? +

Get the latest equity/stock price quote for a given ticker symbol. Tries Stooq first, then Yahoo Finance as fallback. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Nodebench MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on equity_price_quote? +

Register the Nodebench MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for equity_price_quote: 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 Nodebench. Nothing to install.

What risk level is equity_price_quote? +

equity_price_quote is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit equity_price_quote? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the equity_price_quote 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.

How do I block equity_price_quote completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for equity_price_quote. 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.

What MCP server provides equity_price_quote? +

equity_price_quote is provided by the Nodebench MCP server (nodebench-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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