getFinancialStatementGrowth
Analyze the growth of key financial statement items across income, balance sheet, and cash flow statements with the Financial Statement Growth API. Track changes over time to understand trends in financial performance.
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What getFinancialStatementGrowth does on Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server
AI agents call getFinancialStatementGrowth 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 getFinancialStatementGrowth is rated Low
This tool retrieves and analyzes historical financial data to compute growth metrics across financial statements. It performs no modifications, deletions, executions, or financial transactions. The analysis is purely computational and observational, making it a straightforward Read category tool with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getFinancialStatementGrowth' and description 'Analyze the growth of key financial statement items' and 'Track changes over time' indicate data retrieval and analysis without modification. The verb 'get' and 'analyze' confirm read-only operations.
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The rule that runs getFinancialStatementGrowth 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 getFinancialStatementGrowth, this is the rule to start with:
getFinancialStatementGrowth 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 getFinancialStatementGrowth call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getFinancialStatementGrowth
Analyze the growth of key financial statement items across income, balance sheet, and cash flow statements with the Financial Statement Growth API. Track changes over time to understand trends in financial performance. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
getFinancialStatementGrowth 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 getFinancialStatementGrowth: 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.
getFinancialStatementGrowth 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 getFinancialStatementGrowth 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 getFinancialStatementGrowth. 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.
getFinancialStatementGrowth 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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