getRatingsSnapshot
Quickly assess the financial health and performance of companies with the FMP Ratings Snapshot API. This API provides a comprehensive snapshot of financial ratings for stock symbols in our database, based on various key financial ratios.
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What getRatingsSnapshot does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getRatingsSnapshot 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 | — | Optional limit on number of results (default: 1) |
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getRatingsSnapshot is rated Low
This tool retrieves pre-calculated financial ratings and ratios for analysis purposes. It has no side effects, does not modify data, does not execute code or external operations, and does not involve financial transactions. It is purely informational, making it a Read category tool with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool provides 'snapshot of financial ratings' and 'key financial ratios' - retrieval and analysis of existing financial data with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
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The rule that runs getRatingsSnapshot 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 getRatingsSnapshot, this is the rule to start with:
getRatingsSnapshot 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 getRatingsSnapshot call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getRatingsSnapshot
Quickly assess the financial health and performance of companies with the FMP Ratings Snapshot API. This API provides a comprehensive snapshot of financial ratings for stock symbols in our database, based on various key financial ratios. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getRatingsSnapshot accepts 2 parameters: limit, 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 getRatingsSnapshot: 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.
getRatingsSnapshot 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 getRatingsSnapshot 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 getRatingsSnapshot. 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.
getRatingsSnapshot 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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