getStockRatingsBulk
The FMP Rating Bulk API provides users with comprehensive rating data for multiple stocks in a single request. Retrieve key financial ratings and recommendations such as overall ratings, DCF recommendations, and more for multiple companies at once.
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What getStockRatingsBulk does on Financial Modeling Prep
AI agents call getStockRatingsBulk 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.
Why getStockRatingsBulk is rated Low
This tool retrieves financial ratings and recommendations for multiple stocks in bulk. It is a data retrieval operation that reads existing rating information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal - an agent could retrieve ratings for unintended stocks but cannot cause financial transactions, data loss, or external system changes.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate it 'Retrieve[s]' and 'Retrieve key financial ratings and recommendations' with 'no side effects' - it queries and returns rating data without modifying, deleting, or executing operations.
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The rule that runs getStockRatingsBulk 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 getStockRatingsBulk, this is the rule to start with:
getStockRatingsBulk 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 getStockRatingsBulk call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getStockRatingsBulk
The FMP Rating Bulk API provides users with comprehensive rating data for multiple stocks in a single request. Retrieve key financial ratings and recommendations such as overall ratings, DCF recommendations, and more for multiple companies at once. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getStockRatingsBulk: 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.
getStockRatingsBulk 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 getStockRatingsBulk 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 getStockRatingsBulk. 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.
getStockRatingsBulk 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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