datasets_sec_companies_item
Get a company from the SEC companies dataset. Returns one SEC-reporting company by CIK from dataset id sec-companies, including its filing-history summary, financial-statement rollups, and trailing-90-day insider-activity summary. Returns 404 when the CIK is not in the dataset.
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What datasets_sec_companies_item does on Crawlora
AI agents call datasets_sec_companies_item to retrieve information from Crawlora 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
cik | string | Yes | SEC CIK, numeric or zero-padded, e.g. 320193 or 0000320193 |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why datasets_sec_companies_item is rated Low
This tool retrieves financial and insider-activity data from a public SEC dataset. It has no side effects—it only reads and returns information. The data accessed (SEC filings, financial statements, insider activity) are all publicly available disclosures. There is no creation, modification, deletion, or code execution involved. The 404 response for missing CIKs confirms it is a simple lookup operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate a retrieval operation: "Get a company from the SEC companies dataset" and "Returns one SEC-reporting company by CIK" are read operations that query and retrieve publicly available SEC filing data without modifying, deleting,…
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The rule that runs datasets_sec_companies_item safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Crawlora, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For datasets_sec_companies_item, this is the rule to start with:
datasets_sec_companies_item 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 Crawlora, apply this rule, and every datasets_sec_companies_item call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about datasets_sec_companies_item
Get a company from the SEC companies dataset. Returns one SEC-reporting company by CIK from dataset id sec-companies, including its filing-history summary, financial-statement rollups, and trailing-90-day insider-activity summary. Returns 404 when the CIK is not in the dataset. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
datasets_sec_companies_item accepts 1 parameter: cik. Required: cik. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Crawlora MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for datasets_sec_companies_item: 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 Crawlora. Nothing to install.
datasets_sec_companies_item 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 datasets_sec_companies_item 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 datasets_sec_companies_item. 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.
datasets_sec_companies_item is provided by the Crawlora MCP server (crawlora-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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