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congress.trades

Parsed STOCK Act transaction line-items: actual congressional stock trades by ticker or by member — buy/sell, the disclosed amount range, trade + notification dates, and owner (self/spouse). Each row links to its source PTR PDF. US House (e-filed) is live; Senate is being added. Pass ticker OR me...

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congress.trades is read-only, but an agent in a loop can still rack up calls and cost. PolicyLayer caps every call before it runs. Live in minutes.

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AI agents call congress.trades to retrieve information from Arkolith without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.

Even though congress.trades only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.

Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "congress.trades": {}
  }
}

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These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access congress.trades gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:

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Every attack above starts with a tool call. PolicyLayer checks each one against your policy first, so congress.trades only ever does what you allow.

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Other read tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: allow, with a rate cap to control cost.

What does the congress.trades tool do? +

Parsed STOCK Act transaction line-items: actual congressional stock trades by ticker or by member — buy/sell, the disclosed amount range, trade + notification dates, and owner (self/spouse). Each row links to its source PTR PDF. US House (e-filed) is live; Senate is being added. Pass ticker OR member.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Arkolith MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on congress.trades? +

Register the Arkolith MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for congress.trades: 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 Arkolith. Nothing to install.

What risk level is congress.trades? +

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

Can I rate-limit congress.trades? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the congress.trades 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 congress.trades completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for congress.trades. 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 congress.trades? +

congress.trades is provided by the Arkolith MCP server (https://arkolith.com/api/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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