Get executive-branch (Cabinet) official stock trades. Omit
AI agents call get_executive_trades to retrieve information from Signal8 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 publicly available information about executive branch stock trades—a Read operation. While the data concerns financial instruments, the tool itself performs no financial transactions, modifications, or destructive actions. Severity is low because the tool only queries existing data without side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_executive_trades' and description 'Get executive-branch (Cabinet) official stock trades' indicate a retrieval/query operation with no modification or deletion capabilities.
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Get executive-branch (Cabinet) official stock trades. Omit. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Signal8 MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Signal8 MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_executive_trades: 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 Signal8 MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_executive_trades 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_executive_trades 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_executive_trades. 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_executive_trades is provided by the Signal8 MCP Server MCP server (signal8ai/signal8-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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