getPressReleases
Access official company press releases with the FMP Press Releases API. Get real-time updates on corporate announcements, earnings reports, mergers, and more.
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What getPressReleases does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getPressReleases 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 getPressReleases is rated Low
This is a straightforward data retrieval tool. It queries and returns publicly available press release information without modifying, executing code, deleting data, or moving money. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could only retrieve information already published by companies, which poses no security or operational risk.
From the tool's definition The tool 'getPressReleases' retrieves 'official company press releases' and 'real-time updates on corporate announcements, earnings reports, mergers'. The verb 'Get' and 'Access' indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution.
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The rule that runs getPressReleases 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 getPressReleases, this is the rule to start with:
getPressReleases 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 getPressReleases call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getPressReleases
Access official company press releases with the FMP Press Releases API. Get real-time updates on corporate announcements, earnings reports, mergers, and more. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getPressReleases 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 getPressReleases: 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.
getPressReleases 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 getPressReleases 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 getPressReleases. 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.
getPressReleases 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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