Get historical statistics for a stock
AI agents call get-historical-stats to retrieve information from Indian Stock Exchange MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical statistical data for stocks, which is a read-only operation with no side effects. While the server provides financial data, this particular tool does not execute trades, move funds, or make any changes to data. The severity is low because misuse would only expose historical information already public in financial markets.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-historical-stats' and description 'Get historical statistics for a stock' indicate a retrieval operation. It queries and returns historical statistical data without modifying, executing operations, or moving money.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get historical statistics for a stock. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Indian Stock Exchange MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Indian Stock Exchange MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-historical-stats: 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 Indian Stock Exchange MCP. Nothing to install.
get-historical-stats 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-historical-stats 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-historical-stats. 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-historical-stats is provided by the Indian Stock Exchange MCP server (mnvkalyansambhana-tech/indian-stock-exchange-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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