sec_insider
Insider transactions (Forms 3/4/5). Returns a company's recent insider transactions parsed from Form 3/4/5 ownership filings (owner, role, security, shares, price). Provide cik or ticker. Credential-free public SEC data.
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What sec_insider does on Crawlora
AI agents call sec_insider 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 | — | SEC CIK (numeric or zero-padded) |
limit | integer | — | Max transactions, default 10, max 30 |
ticker | string | — | Ticker symbol (alternative to cik) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why sec_insider is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves publicly available SEC insider transaction data. It performs no writes, deletions, or financial operations. While the data is about insider transactions, the tool itself does not execute trades, move money, or modify records—it only reads and parses already-public filings. Misuse by an AI agent would yield information disclosure at worst, not financial or operational harm.
From the tool's definition Tool returns parsed data from public SEC filings (Forms 3/4/5); described as 'Credential-free public SEC data' with no modification, deletion, or financial transaction capability—only retrieval of insider transaction information.
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The rule that runs sec_insider 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 sec_insider, this is the rule to start with:
sec_insider 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 sec_insider call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about sec_insider
Insider transactions (Forms 3/4/5). Returns a company's recent insider transactions parsed from Form 3/4/5 ownership filings (owner, role, security, shares, price). Provide cik or ticker. Credential-free public SEC data. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
sec_insider accepts 3 parameters: cik, limit, ticker. 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 sec_insider: 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.
sec_insider 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 sec_insider 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 sec_insider. 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.
sec_insider 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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