getSenateTradesByName
Search for Senate trading activity by Senator name with the FMP Senate Trades by Name API. Access detailed information on trades made by specific Senators, including trade dates, assets, amounts, and potential conflicts of interest.
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What getSenateTradesByName does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getSenateTradesByName 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | — | Senator name (first or last name) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getSenateTradesByName is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries historical Senate trading records, which is a read-only operation with no side effects. It searches for and returns information about past trades made by Senators. There is no capability to modify, delete, execute code, trigger external operations, or move money. The data accessed is public information about Senate disclosures. This is a straightforward data retrieval/query tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getSenateTradesByName' and description 'Search for Senate trading activity by Senator name' and 'Access detailed information on trades' indicate data retrieval without modification or execution capabilities.
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The rule that runs getSenateTradesByName 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 getSenateTradesByName, this is the rule to start with:
getSenateTradesByName 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 getSenateTradesByName call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getSenateTradesByName
Search for Senate trading activity by Senator name with the FMP Senate Trades by Name API. Access detailed information on trades made by specific Senators, including trade dates, assets, amounts, and potential conflicts of interest. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getSenateTradesByName accepts 1 parameter: name. 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 getSenateTradesByName: 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.
getSenateTradesByName 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 getSenateTradesByName 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 getSenateTradesByName. 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.
getSenateTradesByName 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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