getIncomeStatement
Access real-time income statement data for public companies, private companies, and ETFs with the FMP Real-Time Income Statements API. Track profitability, compare competitors, and identify business trends with up-to-date financial data.
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What getIncomeStatement does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server
AI agents call getIncomeStatement 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 getIncomeStatement is rated Low
This tool retrieves and queries financial data (income statements) for analysis purposes. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an AI agent could only retrieve more financial data than intended, which does not cause harm or expose sensitive information beyond what is publicly available through the FMP API.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate data retrieval: 'Access real-time income statement data' and 'Track profitability, compare competitors, and identify business trends with up-to-date financial data.' No modification, deletion, or execution of external…
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The rule that runs getIncomeStatement 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 getIncomeStatement, this is the rule to start with:
getIncomeStatement 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 getIncomeStatement call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getIncomeStatement
Access real-time income statement data for public companies, private companies, and ETFs with the FMP Real-Time Income Statements API. Track profitability, compare competitors, and identify business trends with up-to-date financial data. 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 getIncomeStatement: 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.
getIncomeStatement 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 getIncomeStatement 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 getIncomeStatement. 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.
getIncomeStatement 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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