getGeneralNews
Access the latest general news articles from a variety of sources with the FMP General News API. Obtain headlines, snippets, and publication URLs for comprehensive news coverage.
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What getGeneralNews does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getGeneralNews 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) |
page | number | — | Page number (default: 0) |
limit | number | — | Limit on number of results (default: 20, max: 250) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getGeneralNews is rated Low
This is a straightforward data retrieval operation that queries and returns general news articles. No side effects, no data modification, no code execution, no financial transactions, and no destructive operations are possible. The tool simply fetches and presents existing news content. Severity is low because accessing public news articles poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getGeneralNews' and description 'Access the latest general news articles... Obtain headlines, snippets, and publication URLs' clearly indicate retrieval of publicly available news data with no modification, creation, deletion, or execution of…
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The rule that runs getGeneralNews 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 getGeneralNews, this is the rule to start with:
getGeneralNews 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 getGeneralNews call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getGeneralNews
Access the latest general news articles from a variety of sources with the FMP General News API. Obtain headlines, snippets, and publication URLs for comprehensive news coverage. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getGeneralNews accepts 4 parameters: to, from, page, limit. 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 getGeneralNews: 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.
getGeneralNews 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 getGeneralNews 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 getGeneralNews. 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.
getGeneralNews 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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