Get real-time price quote for a stock or cryptocurrency ticker. Returns current price, change, volume, market cap, and other market data. Examples: AAPL (Apple), BTC-USD (Bitcoin), MSFT (Microsoft).
AI agents call get_quote to retrieve information from Mcp Financex 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 market data (price quotes, volume, market cap) with no side effects, no code execution, and no financial transactions. It is a simple read operation that queries market information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_quote' and description explicitly states it 'Get[s] real-time price quote' and 'Returns current price, change, volume, market cap, and other market data.' No modification, deletion, execution, or financial transaction occurs—only data retrieval.
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Get real-time price quote for a stock or cryptocurrency ticker. Returns current price, change, volume, market cap, and other market data. Examples: AAPL (Apple), BTC-USD (Bitcoin), MSFT (Microsoft). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Financex MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Financex MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_quote: 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 Mcp Financex. Nothing to install.
get_quote 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_quote 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_quote. 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_quote is provided by the Mcp Financex MCP server (xerktech/mcp-financex). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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