AI agents use schwab_order_sell_stop to commit financial operations through Open Stocks MCP — usually the final step of a payment, billing, or trading workflow. A call moves real money.
This tool executes a financial transaction — placing a stop sell order for stock through a broker API (Schwab). It commits a real financial obligation by submitting a sell order that will execute when the stop price is triggered. Misuse could result in unintended stock sales and significant financial losses.
From the tool's definition Place a stop sell order for stock
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access schwab_order_sell_stop 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 schwab_order_sell_stop:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"schwab_order_sell_stop": {
"deny_if": [
{
"conditions": [],
"on_deny": "Requires human approval."
}
]
}
}
} Any call to schwab_order_sell_stop is blocked until a human approves it. The rest of the server keeps working.
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Place a stop sell order for stock. It is categorised as a Financial tool in the Open Stocks MCP MCP Server, which means it involves financial transactions. Block by default and require explicit approval.
Register the Open Stocks MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for schwab_order_sell_stop: 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.
schwab_order_sell_stop is a Financial 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 schwab_order_sell_stop 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 schwab_order_sell_stop. 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.
schwab_order_sell_stop 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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