Retrieves and formats details for a specific open position.
AI agents call get_open_position_tool to retrieve information from Alpaca MCP Gold Standard without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries existing position data and returns information without side effects. It performs a read-only operation on account state. Even in a trading context, retrieving position details poses minimal risk—the tool cannot execute orders, modify positions, or cause financial transactions. Severity is low because misuse by an AI agent would only expose or display data without causing direct harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states it 'Retrieves and formats details for a specific open position' with no modification, deletion, or execution of trades.
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Retrieves and formats details for a specific open position. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Alpaca MCP Gold Standard MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Alpaca MCP Gold Standard MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_open_position_tool: 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 Alpaca MCP Gold Standard. Nothing to install.
get_open_position_tool 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_open_position_tool 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_open_position_tool. 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_open_position_tool is provided by the Alpaca MCP Gold Standard MCP server (joravetz/alpaca-mcp-gold). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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