getStockGrades
Access the latest stock grades from top analysts and financial institutions with the FMP Grades API. Track grading actions, such as upgrades, downgrades, or maintained ratings, for specific stock symbols, providing valuable insight into how experts evaluate companies over time.
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What getStockGrades does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getStockGrades 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getStockGrades is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves analyst grade data without creating, modifying, executing commands, deleting data, or moving money. It is a passive data retrieval operation ('Read' category). The severity is low because misuse would only expose or compile publicly available analyst opinions, with no financial or operational impact on systems or accounts.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'latest stock grades from top analysts' and 'track grading actions' for stock symbols. The description indicates data retrieval only: 'Track grading actions, such as upgrades, downgrades, or maintained ratings' — these are historical analyst…
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The rule that runs getStockGrades 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 getStockGrades, this is the rule to start with:
getStockGrades 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 getStockGrades call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getStockGrades
Access the latest stock grades from top analysts and financial institutions with the FMP Grades API. Track grading actions, such as upgrades, downgrades, or maintained ratings, for specific stock symbols, providing valuable insight into how experts evaluate companies over time. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getStockGrades accepts 1 parameter: 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 getStockGrades: 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.
getStockGrades 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 getStockGrades 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 getStockGrades. 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.
getStockGrades 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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