getCOTList
Access a comprehensive list of available Commitment of Traders (COT) reports by commodity or futures contract using the FMP COT Report List API. This API provides an overview of different market segments, allowing users to retrieve and explore COT reports for a wide variety of commodities and fin...
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What getCOTList does on Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server
AI agents call getCOTList 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.
Why getCOTList is rated Low
This tool retrieves publicly available Commitment of Traders data without modifying any state, executing code, or creating financial obligations. It is a read-only query operation for market intelligence. The severity is low because misuse (e.g., an AI agent accessing COT data) poses no direct harm—the data is public and already disseminated by the CFTC.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getCOTList' and description 'retrieve and explore COT reports' indicate data retrieval. The Commitment of Traders reports are public market intelligence data published by regulatory bodies (CFTC).
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The rule that runs getCOTList 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 getCOTList, this is the rule to start with:
getCOTList 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 getCOTList call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getCOTList
Access a comprehensive list of available Commitment of Traders (COT) reports by commodity or futures contract using the FMP COT Report List API. This API provides an overview of different market segments, allowing users to retrieve and explore COT reports for a wide variety of commodities and financial instruments. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getCOTList: 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.
getCOTList 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 getCOTList 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 getCOTList. 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.
getCOTList 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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