# get_watchlists

Read the user's watchlists.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_watchlists`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-watchlists

## Facts

- Tool: `get_watchlists`
- Server: Robinhood Agentic Trading (`https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity verified
- Server auth posture: gated
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_watchlists",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get_watchlists is rated Low

Watchlists are informational data used for tracking stocks of interest. Reading them has no side effects, poses no risk of data modification, financial loss, or destructive action. The watchlist data itself is not sensitive financial account information like balances or positions. This is a straightforward Read category tool with low severity impact.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name is 'get_watchlists' and description states 'Read the user's watchlists.' This is a read-only operation that retrieves data without modification, creation, or execution of any kind."

Risk signals: Watchlist contents

## Use case

AI agents call get_watchlists to retrieve information from Robinhood Agentic Trading without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Robinhood Agentic Trading:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_watchlists": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Robinhood Agentic Trading (11)

- `cancel_equity_order` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/cancel-equity-order.md
- `place_equity_order` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/place-equity-order.md
- `get_accounts` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-accounts.md
- `get_equity_orders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-equity-orders.md
- `get_equity_positions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-equity-positions.md
- `get_equity_quotes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-equity-quotes.md
- `get_portfolio` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/get-portfolio.md
- `review_equity_order` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/review-equity-order.md
- `search` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/search.md
- `add_to_watchlist` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/add-to-watchlist.md
- `update_watchlist` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/robinhood-agentic-trading/update-watchlist.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=robinhood-agentic-trading · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/robinhood-agentic-trading