getForex1HourData
Track forex price movements over the trading day with the 1-Hour Forex Interval Chart API. This tool provides hourly intraday data for currency pairs, giving a detailed view of trends and market shifts.
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What getForex1HourData does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getForex1HourData 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
to | string | — | End date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
from | string | — | Start date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
symbol | string | — | Forex pair symbol (e.g., EURUSD) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getForex1HourData is rated Low
This tool retrieves historical and intraday forex market data. It performs a query-like operation to fetch currency pair price information at 1-hour intervals. There is no indication it can execute trades, place orders, modify data, or trigger financial transactions. It is purely informational/analytical data retrieval, making it a Read operation with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getForex1HourData' and description 'provides hourly intraday data for currency pairs' indicates data retrieval. The verb 'Track' and 'provides' confirm this is a GET/read operation with no modification, deletion, or financial transaction capability.
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The rule that runs getForex1HourData 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 getForex1HourData, this is the rule to start with:
getForex1HourData 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 getForex1HourData call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getForex1HourData
Track forex price movements over the trading day with the 1-Hour Forex Interval Chart API. This tool provides hourly intraday data for currency pairs, giving a detailed view of trends and market shifts. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getForex1HourData accepts 3 parameters: to, from, 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 getForex1HourData: 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.
getForex1HourData 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 getForex1HourData 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 getForex1HourData. 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.
getForex1HourData 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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