getShortInterestScreener
Ranks every US security for a settlement date by short percent of float, short percent of outstanding, days to cover, two-week change, dollar notional short, or two-year percentile. This is how you find the most shorted stocks. Requires a Business plan or higher.
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What getShortInterestScreener does on API Ninjas
AI agents call getShortInterestScreener to retrieve information from API Ninjas 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 | integer | — | Number of results, 1 to 100. Defaults to 25. |
order | string | — | Sort direction. |
sector | string | — | Restrict to one sector (e.g., Technology, Health Care). |
sort_by | string | — | Ranking metric. |
exchange | string | — | Restrict to one listing venue. |
min_price | number | — | Minimum share price, useful for excluding sub-dollar names. |
settlement_date | string | — | Settlement date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Defaults to the most recent published date. |
min_days_to_cover | number | — | Minimum days to cover. |
exclude_capped_float | string | — | Set true to exclude rows where the derived float was clamped to shares outstanding, leaving only measured floats. |
min_shares_outstanding | number | — | Minimum shares outstanding, a rough size filter. |
min_short_percent_float | number | — | Minimum short percent of float. |
max_float_price_gap_days | integer | — | Only include rows whose float was converted using a price within this many days of the measurement date. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getShortInterestScreener is rated Low
Even though getShortInterestScreener only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.
Risk signalsHigh parameter count (12 properties) · Bulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs getShortInterestScreener safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and API Ninjas, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getShortInterestScreener, this is the rule to start with:
getShortInterestScreener 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 API Ninjas, apply this rule, and every getShortInterestScreener call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getShortInterestScreener
Ranks every US security for a settlement date by short percent of float, short percent of outstanding, days to cover, two-week change, dollar notional short, or two-year percentile. This is how you find the most shorted stocks. Requires a Business plan or higher. It is categorised as a Read tool in the API Ninjas MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getShortInterestScreener accepts 12 parameters: limit, order, sector, sort_by, exchange, min_price, settlement_date, min_days_to_cover, exclude_capped_float, min_shares_outstanding, min_short_percent_float, max_float_price_gap_days. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the API Ninjas MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getShortInterestScreener: 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 API Ninjas. Nothing to install.
getShortInterestScreener 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 getShortInterestScreener 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 getShortInterestScreener. 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.
getShortInterestScreener is provided by the API Ninjas MCP server (https://mcp.api-ninjas.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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