AI agents call stock_institute_hold to retrieve information from China Stock MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool is part of a stock market data server and the naming convention ('stock_institute_hold') indicates it retrieves or queries institutional holdings information rather than modifying, executing, or deleting data. No side effects are indicated. Classified as Read due to the apparent data retrieval nature, though confidence is moderate due to the empty description.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'stock_institute_hold' suggests retrieval of institutional holdings data. Description is empty, limiting direct evidence, but the name pattern matches sibling tools (stock_a_*) which appear to be data retrieval functions for Chinese stock market…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access stock_institute_hold gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and China Stock MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for stock_institute_hold:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"stock_institute_hold": {}
}
}stock_institute_hold is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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stock_institute_hold. It is categorised as a Read tool in the China Stock MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the China Stock MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for stock_institute_hold: 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 China Stock MCP Server. Nothing to install.
stock_institute_hold 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 stock_institute_hold 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 stock_institute_hold. 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.
stock_institute_hold is provided by the China Stock MCP Server MCP server (peikuo/china-stock-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from China Stock MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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