Shows my open positions on zerodha exchange
AI agents call show-positions to retrieve information from Zerodha Trading MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves current open positions from the trading platform. It has no side effects, does not execute trades, modify data, or commit financial transactions. It is purely informational, similar to 'get-profile' and 'show-portfolio' on the same server. The severity is low because misuse only exposes information the user already owns, with no direct financial or operational risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'show-positions' and description 'Shows my open positions on zerodha exchange' indicate a read-only operation that retrieves and displays existing position data without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Shows my open positions on zerodha exchange. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Zerodha Trading MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Zerodha Trading MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for show-positions: 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 Zerodha Trading MCP. Nothing to install.
show-positions 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 show-positions 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 show-positions. 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.
show-positions is provided by the Zerodha Trading MCP server (shubhamprajapati7748/zerodha-trade-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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