AI agents call get_current_time to retrieve information from Futu Stock MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves temporal data without modifying, executing code, or affecting financial state. It is a read-only query. Severity is low because misuse (e.g., an agent calling it repeatedly) causes no material harm. Confidence is moderate (0.85) due to the empty description, which prevents full verification of behavior, though the name strongly suggests a benign read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_current_time' indicates a query operation that retrieves time data with no side effects. Description is empty, but the name and context of a financial API server suggest this returns current server/market time.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_current_time gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Futu Stock MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_current_time:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_current_time": {}
}
}get_current_time is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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get_current_time. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Futu Stock MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Futu Stock MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_current_time: 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 Futu Stock MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_current_time 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 get_current_time 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 get_current_time. 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.
get_current_time is provided by the Futu Stock MCP Server MCP server (shuizhengqi1/futu-stock-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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