yahoo_finance_ticker_actions
Yahoo Finance corporate actions. Returns dividends, splits, and capital gains for a symbol.
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What yahoo_finance_ticker_actions does on Crawlora
AI agents call yahoo_finance_ticker_actions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol | string | Yes | Yahoo Finance symbol such as AAPL |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why yahoo_finance_ticker_actions is rated Low
This tool fetches historical corporate action information (dividends, splits, capital gains) from Yahoo Finance for a given ticker symbol. It is purely informational and read-only. While it deals with financial data, it does not execute trades, process payments, or commit financial obligations. It has no destructive capability and no write operations.
From the tool's definition 'Returns dividends, splits, and capital gains for a symbol' — the tool retrieves and queries financial data without modifying it, triggering side effects, or moving money.
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The rule that runs yahoo_finance_ticker_actions 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 yahoo_finance_ticker_actions, this is the rule to start with:
yahoo_finance_ticker_actions 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 yahoo_finance_ticker_actions call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about yahoo_finance_ticker_actions
Yahoo Finance corporate actions. Returns dividends, splits, and capital gains for a symbol. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
yahoo_finance_ticker_actions accepts 1 parameter: symbol. Required: symbol. 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 yahoo_finance_ticker_actions: 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.
yahoo_finance_ticker_actions 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 yahoo_finance_ticker_actions 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 yahoo_finance_ticker_actions. 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.
yahoo_finance_ticker_actions 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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