Scan symbols for Poor Man's Covered Call suitability. Analyzes LEAPS and short call options for delta, liquidity, spread tightness, IV, and yield. Args: symbols: Comma-separated ticker symbols min_leaps_days: Minimum days for LEAPS expiry (default 270) leaps_delta: Target delta for LEAPS (default...
AI agents call scan_pmcc 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.
scan_pmcc retrieves and analyzes market data (option chain characteristics, Greeks, liquidity metrics) to provide investment suitability recommendations. This is a query and analysis operation with no side effects—it reads data and returns analytical results without executing trades, modifying portfolios, or committing funds.
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'Scan' and 'Analyzes' for Poor Man's Covered Call suitability by evaluating LEAPS and short call options based on delta, liquidity, spread tightness, IV, and yield.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access scan_pmcc 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 scan_pmcc:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"scan_pmcc": {}
}
}scan_pmcc is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Scan symbols for Poor Man's Covered Call suitability. Analyzes LEAPS and short call options for delta, liquidity, spread tightness, IV, and yield. Args: symbols: Comma-separated ticker symbols min_leaps_days: Minimum days for LEAPS expiry (default 270) leaps_delta: Target delta for LEAPS (default 0.80) short_delta: Target delta for short call (default 0.20). 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 scan_pmcc: 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.
scan_pmcc 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 scan_pmcc 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 scan_pmcc. 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.
scan_pmcc 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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