getStockNews
Stay informed with the latest stock market news using the FMP Stock News Feed API. Access headlines, snippets, publication URLs, and ticker symbols for the most recent articles from a variety of sources.
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What getStockNews does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getStockNews 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 getStockNews is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries financial news data without any side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The function is purely informational—fetching news headlines and metadata. This is a straightforward Read operation with minimal risk of misuse.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getStockNews' combined with description 'Access headlines, snippets, publication URLs, and ticker symbols for the most recent articles' indicates data retrieval with no modification, execution, or deletion.
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The rule that runs getStockNews 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 getStockNews, this is the rule to start with:
getStockNews 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 getStockNews call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getStockNews
Stay informed with the latest stock market news using the FMP Stock News Feed API. Access headlines, snippets, publication URLs, and ticker symbols for the most recent articles from a variety of sources. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getStockNews 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 getStockNews: 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.
getStockNews 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 getStockNews 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 getStockNews. 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.
getStockNews 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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