Check connection status to IB Gateway/TWS and news APIs.
AI agents call check_connection_status to retrieve information from IB Portfolio Tracker MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a passive read operation to verify connectivity status. It queries the state of connections but does not create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The action has no side effects and returns informational data only. No financial transactions, code execution, or data mutations occur.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'check_connection_status' and description 'Check connection status to IB Gateway/TWS and news APIs' indicate a status query operation that retrieves connection information without modifying any data.
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Check connection status to IB Gateway/TWS and news APIs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the IB Portfolio Tracker MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the IB Portfolio Tracker MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_connection_status: 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 IB Portfolio Tracker MCP Server. Nothing to install.
check_connection_status 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 check_connection_status 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 check_connection_status. 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.
check_connection_status is provided by the IB Portfolio Tracker MCP Server MCP server (vinbg/ib-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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