getHouseTradesByName
Search for House trading activity by Representative name with the FMP House Trades by Name API. Access detailed information on trades made by specific Representatives, including trade dates, assets, amounts, and potential conflicts of interest.
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What getHouseTradesByName does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server
AI agents call getHouseTradesByName 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 getHouseTradesByName is rated Low
This tool queries and retrieves existing financial trading data about House Representatives without creating, modifying, executing, or deleting any information. It is purely informational retrieval of public or semi-public congressional trading records. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius - an AI agent misusing this would only retrieve data, not cause financial transactions or destructive actions.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search for House trading activity' and 'Access detailed information on trades' - both retrieval operations with no modification or execution. The API returns historical data on trades made by specific Representatives.
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The rule that runs getHouseTradesByName 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 getHouseTradesByName, this is the rule to start with:
getHouseTradesByName 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 getHouseTradesByName call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getHouseTradesByName
Search for House trading activity by Representative name with the FMP House Trades by Name API. Access detailed information on trades made by specific Representatives, including trade dates, assets, amounts, and potential conflicts of interest. 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 getHouseTradesByName: 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.
getHouseTradesByName 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 getHouseTradesByName 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 getHouseTradesByName. 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.
getHouseTradesByName 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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