# get_stock_price_date_range

Get the closing stock prices for a given date range for a given stock symbol.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_stock_price_date_range`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-stock-price-date-range

## Facts

- Tool: `get_stock_price_date_range`
- Server: Yahoo Finance MCP Server (`a05031113/yahoo-fianace-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/a05031113/yahoo-fianace-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_stock_price_date_range",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get_stock_price_date_range is rated Low

This tool retrieves historical stock price data for a specified date range and symbol. It performs a read-only query operation with no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no financial transactions. The worst-case misuse would be information gathering, which poses minimal risk.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'get_stock_price_date_range' and description 'Get the closing stock prices for a given date range' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification of data."

## Use case

AI agents call get_stock_price_date_range 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_stock_price_date_range": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Yahoo Finance MCP Server (19)

- `get_analyst_price_targets` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-analyst-price-targets.md
- `get_balance_sheet` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-balance-sheet.md
- `get_cashflow` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-cashflow.md
- `get_company_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-company-info.md
- `get_current_stock_price` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-current-stock-price.md
- `get_dividends` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-dividends.md
- `get_earning_dates` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-earning-dates.md
- `get_historical_stock_prices` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-historical-stock-prices.md
- `get_income_statement` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-income-statement.md
- `get_institutional_holders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-institutional-holders.md
- `get_major_holders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-major-holders.md
- `get_mutualfund_holders` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-mutualfund-holders.md
- `get_news` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-news.md
- `get_option_chain` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-option-chain.md
- `get_option_expiration_dates` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-option-expiration-dates.md
- `get_recommendations` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-recommendations.md
- `get_splits` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-splits.md
- `get_stock_price_by_date` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-stock-price-by-date.md
- `get_sustainability` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp/get-sustainability.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/a05031113-yahoo-fianace-mcp