getDividends
Stay informed about upcoming dividend payments with the FMP Dividends Company API. This API provides essential dividend data for individual stock symbols, including record dates, payment dates, declaration dates, and more.
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What getDividends does on Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server
AI agents call getDividends 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 | — | Optional limit on number of results (default: 100, max: 1000) |
symbol | string | — | Stock symbol |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why getDividends is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries publicly available dividend information for stocks. It has no side effects, does not modify any data, does not execute transactions, and does not move money. It is purely informational data retrieval, fitting the Read category. The severity is low because an AI agent misusing this tool would only retrieve financial data that is already public, posing minimal risk.
From the tool's definition getDividends provides dividend data including record dates, payment dates, and declaration dates - all historical or publicly available financial information retrieval with no write, execute, or financial transaction capabilities.
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The rule that runs getDividends 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 getDividends, this is the rule to start with:
getDividends 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 getDividends call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getDividends
Stay informed about upcoming dividend payments with the FMP Dividends Company API. This API provides essential dividend data for individual stock symbols, including record dates, payment dates, declaration dates, and more. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getDividends accepts 2 parameters: limit, 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 getDividends: 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.
getDividends 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 getDividends 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 getDividends. 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.
getDividends 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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