cancel_equity_order
Cancel a pending equity order.
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What cancel_equity_order does on Robinhood Agentic Trading
AI agents call cancel_equity_order to permanently remove resources in Robinhood Agentic Trading, typically in cleanup and lifecycle workflows. It does its job in a single call, and there is no undo.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
order_id | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why cancel_equity_order is rated Critical
Cancelling an order is an irreversible action — once cancelled, the original order no longer exists and cannot be reinstated. In a trading context, this could cause missed market opportunities, change a user's financial position strategy, or disrupt carefully timed trades. While it doesn't move money directly, the irreversibility and financial impact place it firmly in Destructive.
From the tool's definition Cancel a pending equity order
Risk signalsCancels a working order · can be used to disrupt a strategy or unwind a hedge
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs cancel_equity_order safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Robinhood Agentic Trading, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For cancel_equity_order, this is the rule to start with:
cancel_equity_order is removed from the agent's tool list entirely, so the agent never calls it. The rest of the server keeps working.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Robinhood Agentic Trading, apply this rule, and every cancel_equity_order call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about cancel_equity_order
Cancel a pending equity order. It is categorised as a Destructive tool in the Robinhood Agentic Trading MCP Server, which means it can permanently delete or destroy data. Block by default and require explicit approval.
cancel_equity_order accepts 1 parameter: order_id. Required: order_id. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Robinhood Agentic Trading MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for cancel_equity_order: 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 Robinhood Agentic Trading. Nothing to install.
cancel_equity_order is a Destructive 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 cancel_equity_order 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 cancel_equity_order. 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.
cancel_equity_order is provided by the Robinhood Agentic Trading MCP server (https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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