Get account summary from Interactive Brokers. Returns cash balance, buying power, net liquidation value, and margin info. Requires TWS or IB Gateway running locally. Args: port: IB port (7496 for live, 7497 for paper)
AI agents call ib_account to retrieve information from Trading Skills without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a Read operation that retrieves sensitive financial account data. While it does not execute trades, modify accounts, or move money, the information exposed (cash balance, net liquidation value, buying power, margin details) is highly sensitive and could be misused for social engineering, fraud, or to inform unauthorized trading decisions.
From the tool's definition Tool 'ib_account' retrieves 'account summary from Interactive Brokers' including 'cash balance, buying power, net liquidation value, and margin info.' These are read-only queries with no modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ib_account gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Trading Skills, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for ib_account:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ib_account": {}
}
}ib_account is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get account summary from Interactive Brokers. Returns cash balance, buying power, net liquidation value, and margin info. Requires TWS or IB Gateway running locally. Args: port: IB port (7496 for live, 7497 for paper). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Trading Skills MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Trading Skills MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ib_account: 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 Trading Skills. Nothing to install.
ib_account 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 ib_account 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 ib_account. 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.
ib_account is provided by the Trading Skills MCP server (staskh/trading_skills). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 35 Trading Skills tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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