Get STOCK Act late filing violations -- trades where the disclosure was filed more than
AI agents call get_politician_late_filers 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 queries and retrieves information about late-filed congressional stock trades — a read-only operation that accesses public SEC filing data. There is no capability to modify, delete, or execute operations. While the domain is financial, the tool itself performs only data retrieval (Read category) rather than moving money or committing financial obligations (Financial category).
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get_' prefix and description indicates it retrieves historical STOCK Act violation data ('trades where the disclosure was filed more than'). The verb 'get' indicates data retrieval with no modification of underlying data.
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Get STOCK Act late filing violations -- trades where the disclosure was filed more than. 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_politician_late_filers: 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_politician_late_filers 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_politician_late_filers 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_politician_late_filers. 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_politician_late_filers 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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