AI agents call get_recent_news to retrieve information from Sfc Data without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves news articles and financial information without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or committing financial transactions. It is a straightforward read operation that queries existing data with no side effects. Low severity because misuse merely returns unwanted news data, with no destructive or financial impact.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_recent_news' and description translates to 'get latest articles (latest financial news)'. The verb 'get' indicates data retrieval with no modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
获取最新文章（最新财经资讯）. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sfc Data MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sfc Data MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_recent_news: 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 Sfc Data. Nothing to install.
get_recent_news 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_recent_news 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_recent_news. 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_recent_news is provided by the Sfc Data MCP server (yangxinagfeng123/sfc-data-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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