get-top-gainers · Indian Stock Exchange MCP Server MCP

WHAT IT DOES

What get-top-gainers does on Indian Stock Exchange MCP Server

AI agents call get-top-gainers to retrieve information from Indian Stock Exchange MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why get-top-gainers needs a policy

This tool retrieves and queries existing financial market data (list of top gaining stocks). It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute code/commands. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an AI agent cannot cause harm by repeatedly calling this read-only endpoint. It falls clearly into the Read category.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-top-gainers' and description 'Get top gaining stocks' indicate a retrieval operation. The verb 'get' and the context of querying market data (gainers list) show no data modification, deletion, or execution of external operations.

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Questions about get-top-gainers

What does the get-top-gainers tool do? +

Get top gaining stocks. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Indian Stock Exchange MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get-top-gainers? +

Register the Indian Stock Exchange MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-top-gainers: 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 Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get-top-gainers? +

get-top-gainers is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get-top-gainers? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get-top-gainers 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.

How do I block get-top-gainers completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get-top-gainers. 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.

What MCP server provides get-top-gainers? +

get-top-gainers is provided by the Indian Stock Exchange MCP Server MCP server (nikhilcherry/indian-stock-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.