news_company

Get recent news articles for a specific company/ticker symbol from Yahoo Finance.

SERVERNodebench SOURCEnodebench-mcp

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 00 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

Registry record Grade F, identity unverified Pull the record →

This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-homenshum-nodebench/news-company.md

WHAT IT DOES

What news_company does on Nodebench

AI agents call news_company to retrieve information from Nodebench without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

RISK

Why news_company is rated Low

This tool queries publicly available news data from an external source (Yahoo Finance) and returns information to the user. It has no side effects, does not modify or delete data, does not execute code, and does not involve financial transactions. This is a straightforward Read operation with minimal blast radius—misuse would only result in excessive data retrieval or API rate limiting.

From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'recent news articles' from Yahoo Finance for a company/ticker symbol. The verb 'Get' and the action of retrieving news articles without modifying, deleting, or executing operations indicates data retrieval only.

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs news_company safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Nodebench, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For news_company, this is the rule to start with:

news_company Allowed

news_company is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "news_company": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Nodebench, apply this rule, and every news_company call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about news_company

What does the news_company tool do? +

Get recent news articles for a specific company/ticker symbol from Yahoo Finance. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Nodebench MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on news_company? +

Register the Nodebench MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for news_company: 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 Nodebench. Nothing to install.

What risk level is news_company? +

news_company is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit news_company? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the news_company 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.

How do I block news_company completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for news_company. 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.

What MCP server provides news_company? +

news_company is provided by the Nodebench MCP server (nodebench-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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