getCashFlowStatement
Gain insights into a company's cash flow activities with the Cash Flow Statements API. Analyze cash generated and used from operations, investments, and financing activities to evaluate the financial health and sustainability of a business.
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What getCashFlowStatement does on Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server
AI agents call getCashFlowStatement to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server 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 | number | — | Limit on number of results (default: 100, max: 1000) |
period | string | — | Period (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, or FY) |
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getCashFlowStatement is rated Low
This tool retrieves and analyzes historical financial statements (cash flow data) for informational purposes. It performs a read-only query of financial data with no side effects, no code execution, no data modification, and no financial transactions. The worst-case misuse would be information gathering, which presents minimal risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getCashFlowStatement' and description 'Gain insights into a company's cash flow activities' and 'Analyze cash generated and used' indicate data retrieval and analysis only.
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The rule that runs getCashFlowStatement safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server , and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getCashFlowStatement, this is the rule to start with:
getCashFlowStatement 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 (FMP) Server , apply this rule, and every getCashFlowStatement call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getCashFlowStatement
Gain insights into a company's cash flow activities with the Cash Flow Statements API. Analyze cash generated and used from operations, investments, and financing activities to evaluate the financial health and sustainability of a business. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getCashFlowStatement accepts 3 parameters: limit, period, symbol. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getCashFlowStatement: 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 (FMP) Server . Nothing to install.
getCashFlowStatement 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 getCashFlowStatement 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 getCashFlowStatement. 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.
getCashFlowStatement is provided by the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server MCP server (imbenrabi/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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