getKeyMetrics
Access essential financial metrics for a company with the FMP Financial Key Metrics API. Evaluate revenue, net income, P/E ratio, and more to assess performance and compare it to competitors.
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What getKeyMetrics does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getKeyMetrics 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | number | — | Limit on number of results (default: 100, max: 1000) |
period | string | — | Period (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, FY, annual, or quarter) |
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getKeyMetrics is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries financial metrics (revenue, net income, P/E ratios) for research and analysis purposes. It performs no writes, executions, deletions, or financial transactions. The data accessed is public market information typically available through financial data providers.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getKeyMetrics' and description 'Access essential financial metrics' and 'Evaluate revenue, net income, P/E ratio' indicate retrieval of company financial data with no modifications or side effects.
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The rule that runs getKeyMetrics 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 getKeyMetrics, this is the rule to start with:
getKeyMetrics 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 getKeyMetrics call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getKeyMetrics
Access essential financial metrics for a company with the FMP Financial Key Metrics API. Evaluate revenue, net income, P/E ratio, and more to assess performance and compare it to competitors. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getKeyMetrics accepts 3 parameters: limit, period, 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 getKeyMetrics: 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.
getKeyMetrics 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 getKeyMetrics 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 getKeyMetrics. 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.
getKeyMetrics 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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