# searchIndustryClassification

Search and retrieve industry classification details for companies, including SIC codes, industry titles, and business information, with the FMP Industry Classification Search API.

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

## Facts

- Tool: `searchIndustryClassification`
- 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `cik` | string | no | Central Index Key (CIK) |
| `symbol` | string | no | Stock symbol |
| `sicCode` | string | no | SIC code |

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": "searchIndustryClassification",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why searchIndustryClassification is rated Low

This tool performs informational queries to fetch industry classification metadata. It has no side effects, cannot modify or delete data, and does not execute code or trigger financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve unwanted information, not cause data loss, financial harm, or system compromise.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'searchIndustryClassification' and description 'Search and retrieve industry classification details for companies' indicate data retrieval operations. Keywords 'search' and 'retrieve' are characteristic of Read category tools."

## Use case

AI agents call searchIndustryClassification 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": {
    "searchIndustryClassification": {}
  }
}
```

## 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

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