Search stock information from HTTP sources.
AI agents call search_stock to retrieve information from AKShare MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves financial market data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a read-only query against stock information sources. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose market data already available publicly, with no destructive or financial transaction capability.
From the tool's definition The tool description states it 'Search[es] stock information' which is a retrieval operation with no modification capability. The name 'search_stock' and verb 'search' indicate data querying.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search stock information from HTTP sources. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AKShare MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AKShare MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_stock: 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 AKShare MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_stock 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 search_stock 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 search_stock. 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.
search_stock is provided by the AKShare MCP Server MCP server (jadenmong/akshare-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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