Pull all recent SEC filings of a specific form type across all companies. Useful for monitoring (e.g. 'all 8-Ks today', 'all S-1s this week'). Returns accession numbers, filers, and filing dates.
Part of the Livedatalink server.
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AI agents use edgar_filings_by_form_type to create or modify resources in Livedatalink. Write operations carry medium risk because an autonomous agent could trigger bulk unintended modifications. Rate limits prevent a single agent session from making hundreds of changes in rapid succession. Argument validation ensures the agent passes expected values.
Without a policy, an AI agent could call edgar_filings_by_form_type repeatedly, creating or modifying resources faster than any human could review. PolicyLayer's rate limiting ensures write operations happen at a controlled pace, and argument validation catches malformed or unexpected inputs before they reach Livedatalink.
Write tools can modify data. A rate limit prevents runaway bulk operations from AI agents.
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"default": "deny",
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"edgar_filings_by_form_type": {
"limits": [
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"counter": "edgar_filings_by_form_type_rate",
"window": "minute",
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}See the full Livedatalink policy for all 177 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access edgar_filings_by_form_type gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other write tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: rate-limit and validate the arguments.
Pull all recent SEC filings of a specific form type across all companies. Useful for monitoring (e.g. 'all 8-Ks today', 'all S-1s this week'). Returns accession numbers, filers, and filing dates.. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Livedatalink MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Livedatalink MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for edgar_filings_by_form_type: 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 Livedatalink. Nothing to install.
edgar_filings_by_form_type is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the edgar_filings_by_form_type 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 edgar_filings_by_form_type. 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.
edgar_filings_by_form_type is provided by the Livedatalink MCP server (https://livedatalink.ai/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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