getForm13FFilingDates
The Form 13F Filings Dates API allows you to retrieve dates associated with Form 13F filings by institutional investors. This is crucial for tracking stock holdings of institutional investors at specific points in time, providing valuable insights into their investment strategies.
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What getForm13FFilingDates does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server
AI agents call getForm13FFilingDates 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 getForm13FFilingDates is rated Low
This tool queries historical institutional investor filing dates — a read-only operation with no ability to modify data, execute code, delete records, or move money. The API provides public financial intelligence data retrieval, typical of the 'Read' category. Low severity because misuse retrieves public information only.
From the tool's definition Tool description uses 'retrieve' and 'tracking stock holdings...providing insights' — core operations are data retrieval with no modifications or side effects. The Form 13F is a public SEC filing; the tool fetches existing dates and filing information.
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The rule that runs getForm13FFilingDates 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 getForm13FFilingDates, this is the rule to start with:
getForm13FFilingDates 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 getForm13FFilingDates call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getForm13FFilingDates
The Form 13F Filings Dates API allows you to retrieve dates associated with Form 13F filings by institutional investors. This is crucial for tracking stock holdings of institutional investors at specific points in time, providing valuable insights into their investment strategies. 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 getForm13FFilingDates: 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.
getForm13FFilingDates 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 getForm13FFilingDates 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 getForm13FFilingDates. 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.
getForm13FFilingDates 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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