Calculate RSI, MACD, SMAs, golden/death cross, and volume analysis.
AI agents call technical_indicators to retrieve information from Financial Research Agent without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs read-only financial analysis—computing and returning technical indicators from existing market data. It retrieves and calculates information without side effects, making it a Read operation. While the financial-research-agent context is investment-focused, the tool itself does not execute trades, move money, or modify data; it only queries and analyzes existing information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'technical_indicators' and description specify calculation and analysis of standard technical metrics (RSI, MACD, SMAs, golden/death cross, volume analysis).
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Calculate RSI, MACD, SMAs, golden/death cross, and volume analysis. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Research Agent MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Financial Research Agent MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for technical_indicators: 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 Financial Research Agent. Nothing to install.
technical_indicators 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 technical_indicators 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 technical_indicators. 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.
technical_indicators is provided by the Financial Research Agent MCP server (rahul-jajala/ai-financial-research-agent). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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