# getCashFlowStatementAsReported

View cash flow statements as reported by the company with the As Reported Cash Flow Statements API. Analyze a company's cash flows related to operations, investments, and financing directly from official reports.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `getCashFlowStatementAsReported`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getcashflowstatementasreported

## Facts

- Tool: `getCashFlowStatementAsReported`
- Server: Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server  (`imbenrabi/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/imbenrabi/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | number | no | Limit on number of results (default: 100, max: 1000) |
| `period` | string | no | Period type (annual or quarter) |
| `symbol` | string | no | Stock symbol |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "getCashFlowStatementAsReported",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why getCashFlowStatementAsReported is rated Low

This tool retrieves and presents historical financial data (cash flow statements) from company reports. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The data returned is factual, already-published information. While the underlying financial market data is sensitive, the tool itself performs a simple data retrieval operation.

From the tool's own definition: "The tool name is 'getCashFlowStatementAsReported' and the description states it allows users to 'View cash flow statements' and 'Analyze a company's cash flows' from 'official reports'."

## Use case

AI agents call getCashFlowStatementAsReported 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server :

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "getCashFlowStatementAsReported": {}
  }
}
```

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- `calculateCustomLeveredDCF` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/calculatecustomlevereddcf.md
- `getAcquisitionOwnership` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getacquisitionownership.md
- `getActivelyTradingList` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getactivelytradinglist.md
- `getADX` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getadx.md
- `getAftermarketQuote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getaftermarketquote.md
- `getAftermarketTrade` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getaftermarkettrade.md
- `getAllExchangeMarketHours` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallexchangemarkethours.md
- `getAllIndexQuotes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallindexquotes.md
- `getAllIndustryClassification` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallindustryclassification.md
- `getAllShareFloat` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallsharefloat.md
- `getAnalystEstimates` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getanalystestimates.md
- `getAvailableCountries` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailablecountries.md
- `getAvailableExchanges` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailableexchanges.md
- `getAvailableIndustries` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailableindustries.md
- `getAvailableSectors` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailablesectors.md
- `getAvailableTranscriptSymbols` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailabletranscriptsymbols.md
- `getBalanceSheetGrowthBulk` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetgrowthbulk.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatement` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatement.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementAsReported` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementasreported.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementGrowth` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementgrowth.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementsBulk` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementsbulk.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementTTM` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementttm.md
- `getBatchAftermarketQuote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchaftermarketquote.md
- `getBatchAftermarketTrade` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchaftermarkettrade.md
- `getBatchMarketCap` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchmarketcap.md
- `getBatchQuotes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchquotes.md
- `getBatchQuotesShort` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchquotesshort.md
- `getBiggestGainers` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbiggestgainers.md
- `getBiggestLosers` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbiggestlosers.md
- …and 222 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server.md

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