getIncomeStatementAsReported
Retrieve income statements as they were reported by the company with the As Reported Income Statements API. Access raw financial data directly from official company filings, including revenue, expenses, and net income.
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What getIncomeStatementAsReported does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server
AI agents call getIncomeStatementAsReported 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported is rated Low
This tool retrieves historical financial statement data from company filings. It has no side effects, creates no modifications, and cannot affect financial systems or transactions. The data accessed is public financial information already reported by companies. While the context involves financial data, the tool itself performs only data retrieval, making it a Read operation with low risk.
From the tool's definition The tool description explicitly states 'Retrieve income statements' and 'Access raw financial data directly from official company filings.' The verb 'retrieve' and 'access' indicate read-only operations with no modification, deletion, or execution of code.
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The rule that runs getIncomeStatementAsReported 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported, this is the rule to start with:
getIncomeStatementAsReported 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getIncomeStatementAsReported
Retrieve income statements as they were reported by the company with the As Reported Income Statements API. Access raw financial data directly from official company filings, including revenue, expenses, and net income. 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported: 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.
getIncomeStatementAsReported 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported 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 getIncomeStatementAsReported. 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.
getIncomeStatementAsReported 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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