# stocks.earnings-surprises Historical quarterly earnings surprises for a US-listed company — reported (actual) EPS vs the analyst consensus estimate, the absolute surprise, and the surprise percentage, for the most recent quarters (newest first). Pass ticker (optionally limit). Tells you whether a company has been beating or missing expectations. Data by Finnhub. Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `stocks.earnings-surprises`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/stocks.earnings-surprises ## Facts - Tool: `stocks.earnings-surprises` - Server: Mcp (`@2sio/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp.md - Install: `npx -y @2sio/mcp` - Homepage: https://github.com/2s-io/sdk - Risk category: Read (Low risk) - Registry record: grade F, 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": "stocks.earnings-surprises", "arguments": {} } } ``` ## Why stocks.earnings-surprises is rated Low This tool queries and returns financial data without any side effects. It provides read-only access to historical earnings information indexed by company ticker. While the server itself is financial in nature (pay-per-call on blockchain), this specific tool only retrieves and compares publicly available earnings data. There is no capability to move money, execute trades, modify data, or trigger external operations. From the tool's own definition: "Tool retrieves historical quarterly earnings data (actual EPS, consensus estimates, surprise metrics) for analysis. Key phrases: 'Historical quarterly earnings surprises', 'reported (actual) EPS vs analyst consensus', 'for the most recent quarters'." ## Use case AI agents call stocks.earnings-surprises to retrieve information from Mcp 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 Mcp: ```json { "version": "1", "default": "deny", "tools": { "stocks.earnings-surprises": {} } } ``` ## Other tools on Mcp (571) - `queue.ack` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/queue.ack.md - `store.blob-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.blob-delete.md - `store.doc-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.doc-delete.md - `store.kv-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.kv-delete.md - `store.vector-delete` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/store.vector-delete.md - `watchers.cancel` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.cancel.md - `ai.council` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.council.md - `ai.screenshot` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.screenshot.md - `batch.run` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/batch.run.md - `dev.preflight` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/dev.preflight.md - `dev.regex-test` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/dev.regex-test.md - `hash.compute` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/hash.compute.md - `pubsub.subscribe` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/pubsub.subscribe.md - `queue.lease` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/queue.lease.md - `search.crawl` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/search.crawl.md - `url.render` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/url.render.md - `watchers.crypto-address-activity` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.crypto-address-activity.md - `watchers.earthquake` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.earthquake.md - `predict.crypto-updown` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/predict.crypto-updown.md - `predict.wallet` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/predict.wallet.md - `watchers.fear-greed` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.fear-greed.md - `watchers.fx-rate` — Financial — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/watchers.fx-rate.md - `agent.knowledge-delta` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/agent.knowledge-delta.md - `agriculture.drought` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/agriculture.drought.md - `agriculture.stats` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/agriculture.stats.md - `ai.chat` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.chat.md - `ai.classify` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.classify.md - `ai.describe-image` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.describe-image.md - `ai.entities` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.entities.md - `ai.extract` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp/ai.extract.md - …and 541 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-2s-io-mcp.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` --- Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=io-github-2s-io-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-2s-io-mcp