Get the current account information including balances and status.
AI agents call get_account_info to retrieve information from Alpaca 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 account information (balances, status) without creating, modifying, or deleting any data, and does not execute trades or financial transactions. It is a read-only query operation. While the server as a whole handles financial assets, this specific tool only fetches data about the account state.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_account_info' and description 'Get the current account information including balances and status' indicate retrieval of account data with no modification or execution of trades.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get the current account information including balances and status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Alpaca MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Alpaca MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_account_info: 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 Server. Nothing to install.
get_account_info 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_account_info 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_account_info. 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_account_info is provided by the Alpaca MCP Server MCP server (miguelyad26/alpaca-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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