Fetch Form 4 insider transactions (purchases, sales, grants, exercises) for a company by parsing SEC EDGAR ownership XML. Returns the reporting person, their relationship to the issuer, transaction date, type, shares traded, price per share, and shares owned after the transaction. Covers nonDeriv...
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AI agents call secedgar_get_insider_transactions to retrieve information from Secedgar without modifying any data. This is common in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows where the agent needs context before taking action. Because read operations don't change state, they are generally safe to allow without restrictions -- but you may still want rate limits to control API costs.
Even though secedgar_get_insider_transactions only reads data, uncontrolled read access can leak sensitive information or rack up API costs. An agent caught in a retry loop could make thousands of calls per minute. A rate limit gives you a safety net without blocking legitimate use.
Read-only tools are safe to allow by default. No rate limit needed unless you want to control costs.
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"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"secedgar_get_insider_transactions": {}
}
}See the full Secedgar policy for all 10 tools.
These attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access secedgar_get_insider_transactions gives an agent. Each links to the full case and the policy that stops it:
Other read tools across the catalogue. The same approach applies to each: allow, with a rate cap to control cost.
Fetch Form 4 insider transactions (purchases, sales, grants, exercises) for a company by parsing SEC EDGAR ownership XML. Returns the reporting person, their relationship to the issuer, transaction date, type, shares traded, price per share, and shares owned after the transaction. Covers nonDerivative transactions (open-market buys/sells, gifts) and derivative transactions (option exercises, RSU vests). Use secedgar_search_filings with forms=["4"] for broader date-range queries or to search across all companies.. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Secedgar MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Secedgar MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for secedgar_get_insider_transactions: 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 Secedgar. Nothing to install.
secedgar_get_insider_transactions 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 secedgar_get_insider_transactions 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 secedgar_get_insider_transactions. 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.
secedgar_get_insider_transactions is provided by the Secedgar MCP server (@cyanheads/secedgar-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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