getEarningsCalendar
Stay informed on upcoming and past earnings announcements with the FMP Earnings Calendar API. Access key data, including announcement dates, estimated earnings per share (EPS), and actual EPS for publicly traded companies.
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What getEarningsCalendar does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server
AI agents call getEarningsCalendar to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why getEarningsCalendar is rated Low
This tool retrieves historical and forecasted financial data from a public API without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward data query tool that presents no risk of side effects, financial transactions, or destructive actions. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose publicly available financial information.
From the tool's definition The tool description explicitly states it provides access to 'upcoming and past earnings announcements' and 'key data, including announcement dates, estimated earnings per share (EPS), and actual EPS' — purely informational retrieval with no modification,…
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The rule that runs getEarningsCalendar safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For getEarningsCalendar, this is the rule to start with:
getEarningsCalendar is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server, apply this rule, and every getEarningsCalendar call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getEarningsCalendar
Stay informed on upcoming and past earnings announcements with the FMP Earnings Calendar API. Access key data, including announcement dates, estimated earnings per share (EPS), and actual EPS for publicly traded companies. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getEarningsCalendar: 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 Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server. Nothing to install.
getEarningsCalendar 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 getEarningsCalendar 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 getEarningsCalendar. 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.
getEarningsCalendar is provided by the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server (financial-modeling-prep-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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