getStockNews
Stay informed with the latest stock market news using the FMP Stock News Feed API. Access headlines, snippets, publication URLs, and ticker symbols for the most recent articles from a variety of sources.
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What getStockNews does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server
AI agents call getStockNews 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 getStockNews is rated Low
getStockNews retrieves and queries publicly available financial news data without side effects. It returns read-only information (headlines, snippets, URLs, ticker symbols) from the FMP Stock News Feed API. There is no creation, modification, deletion, or execution of external operations. This is a straightforward data retrieval tool with no blast radius risk if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states 'Access headlines, snippets, publication URLs, and ticker symbols for the most recent articles' — purely informational retrieval with no data modification, deletion, or execution capability.
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The rule that runs getStockNews 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 getStockNews, this is the rule to start with:
getStockNews 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 getStockNews call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getStockNews
Stay informed with the latest stock market news using the FMP Stock News Feed API. Access headlines, snippets, publication URLs, and ticker symbols for the most recent articles from a variety of sources. 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 getStockNews: 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.
getStockNews 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 getStockNews 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 getStockNews. 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.
getStockNews 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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