# 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.

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

## Facts

- Tool: `getCOTList`
- 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: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

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

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

## 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 own 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)."

## Use case

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.

## 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": {
    "getCOTList": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server  (252)

- `calculateCustomDCF` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/imbenrabi-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/calculatecustomdcf.md
- `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

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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