Provides a list of available tools and their descriptions.
AI agents call list_tools to retrieve information from Open Stocks MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a metadata query that retrieves information about available tools. It has no side effects, does not modify or delete data, does not execute external operations, and does not involve financial transactions. It is a straightforward Read operation with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_tools' and description 'Provides a list of available tools and their descriptions' indicate a simple enumeration/discovery operation with no data modification, deletion, or financial impact.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_tools gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Open Stocks MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_tools:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_tools": {}
}
}list_tools is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Provides a list of available tools and their descriptions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Open Stocks MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Open Stocks MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_tools: 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 Open Stocks MCP. Nothing to install.
list_tools 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 list_tools 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 list_tools. 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.
list_tools is provided by the Open Stocks MCP server (open-agent-tools/open-stocks-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Open Stocks MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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