getExecutiveCompensation
Retrieve comprehensive compensation data for company executives with the FMP Executive Compensation API. This API provides detailed information on salaries, stock awards, total compensation, and other relevant financial data, including filing details and links to official documents.
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What getExecutiveCompensation does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getExecutiveCompensation to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getExecutiveCompensation is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves publicly available or authorized executive compensation information. It does not create, modify, delete, execute code, or move money. It is a straightforward data retrieval operation (Read category). Severity is low because misuse would only expose or aggregate existing financial data, with no side effects on systems or financial accounts.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getExecutiveCompensation' and description 'Retrieve comprehensive compensation data' indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution.
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The rule that runs getExecutiveCompensation safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Financial Modeling Prep, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getExecutiveCompensation, this is the rule to start with:
getExecutiveCompensation is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Financial Modeling Prep, apply this rule, and every getExecutiveCompensation call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getExecutiveCompensation
Retrieve comprehensive compensation data for company executives with the FMP Executive Compensation API. This API provides detailed information on salaries, stock awards, total compensation, and other relevant financial data, including filing details and links to official documents. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getExecutiveCompensation accepts 1 parameter: symbol. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getExecutiveCompensation: 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 Financial Modeling Prep. Nothing to install.
getExecutiveCompensation 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 getExecutiveCompensation 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 getExecutiveCompensation. 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.
getExecutiveCompensation is provided by the Financial Modeling Prep MCP server (cfocoder/financial-modeling-prep-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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