AI agents call cancel_order to permanently remove resources in Zerodha — typically in cleanup and lifecycle workflows. It does its job in a single call, and there is no undo.
Cancelling an order is an irreversible action in the context of trading — once a market or limit order is cancelled, the trading opportunity is lost and the action cannot be undone. In a financial trading context, this has significant consequences and is effectively a destructive operation. The broader server context (Zerodha trading account management) confirms this is a real financial order cancellation.
From the tool's definition Tool name: 'cancel_order', description: 'Cancel an order.'
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access cancel_order gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Zerodha, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for cancel_order:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"hide": [
"cancel_order"
]
}cancel_order disappears from the agent's tool list entirely, and any attempt to call it is denied. The rest of the server keeps working.
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Cancel an order. It is categorised as a Destructive tool in the Zerodha MCP Server, which means it can permanently delete or destroy data. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Zerodha MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cancel_order: 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 Zerodha. Nothing to install.
cancel_order is a Destructive tool with critical risk. Critical-risk tools should be blocked by default and only enabled with explicit human approval.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the cancel_order 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 cancel_order. 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.
cancel_order is provided by the Zerodha MCP server (mtwn105/zerodha-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Zerodha, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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