get_recent_news
AI agents call get_recent_news to retrieve information from Kookmin Stock without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves news data from a Korean stock market data provider. It performs no side effects, does not modify data, execute code, delete information, or involve financial transactions. It is purely a data retrieval operation, consistent with the 'Read' category. The low severity reflects that misuse would at most return unwanted news articles without harm to systems or data integrity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_recent_news' on a stock market data server. Sibling tools (get_fundamentals, get_market_overview, get_stock_quote, get_top_gainers) are all retrieval operations.
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get_recent_news. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Kookmin Stock MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Kookmin Stock MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_recent_news: 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 Kookmin Stock. Nothing to install.
get_recent_news 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 get_recent_news 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 get_recent_news. 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.
get_recent_news is provided by the Kookmin Stock MCP server (jooseunghyeon/kookmin-university-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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