# get_news_sentiment

Get news for a given ticker symbol

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_news_sentiment`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-news-sentiment

## Facts

- Tool: `get_news_sentiment`
- Server: Yahoo Finance MCP Server (`16coffee/finance-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/16Coffee/finance-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade A, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_news_sentiment",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get_news_sentiment is rated Low

This tool retrieves news sentiment data for a financial instrument. It is a query operation that reads existing data from Yahoo Finance without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. There are no side effects or irreversible actions. The severity is low because retrieving publicly available financial news carries minimal risk of misuse by an AI agent.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'get_news_sentiment' and description 'Get news for a given ticker symbol' indicate data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities."

## Use case

AI agents call get_news_sentiment to retrieve information from Yahoo Finance MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Yahoo Finance MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_news_sentiment": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Yahoo Finance MCP Server (33)

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- `get_calendar_data` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-calendar-data.md
- `get_crypto_intraday` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-crypto-intraday.md
- `get_crypto_latest_news` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-crypto-latest-news.md
- `get_crypto_list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-crypto-list.md
- `get_crypto_news` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-crypto-news.md
- `get_crypto_price_eod` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-crypto-price-eod.md
- `get_crypto_quote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-crypto-quote.md
- `get_crypto_quote_short` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-crypto-quote-short.md
- `get_dcf_valuation` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-dcf-valuation.md
- `get_directory_list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-directory-list.md
- `get_economic_data` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-economic-data.md
- `get_executive_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-executive-info.md
- `get_financial_statement` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-financial-statement.md
- `get_historical_stock_prices` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-historical-stock-prices.md
- `get_ma_data` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-ma-data.md
- `get_option_chain` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-option-chain.md
- `get_option_expiration_dates` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-option-expiration-dates.md
- `get_price_target_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-price-target-info.md
- `get_ratings` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-ratings.md
- `get_shares_float_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-shares-float-info.md
- `get_stock_actions` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-stock-actions.md
- `get_stock_grade_latest_news` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-stock-grade-latest-news.md
- `get_stock_grade_news` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-stock-grade-news.md
- `get_stock_grades` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-stock-grades.md
- `get_stock_grades_historical` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-stock-grades-historical.md
- `get_stock_grades_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-stock-grades-summary.md
- `get_stock_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp/get-stock-info.md
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- …and 3 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/16coffee-finance-mcp.md

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