getStockSplits
Access detailed information on stock splits for a specific company using the FMP Stock Split Details API. This API provides essential data, including the split date and the split ratio, helping users understand changes in a company
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What getStockSplits does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server
AI agents call getStockSplits 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 getStockSplits is rated Low
This tool retrieves historical stock split information for a company—a read-only query operation with no capability to modify, delete, or execute arbitrary actions. The data returned (split dates and ratios) is factual historical information. There is no financial transactional component (no payments or trades), no destructive operations, and no code execution.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getStockSplits' and description 'Access detailed information on stock splits' indicate data retrieval.
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The rule that runs getStockSplits 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 getStockSplits, this is the rule to start with:
getStockSplits 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 getStockSplits call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about getStockSplits
Access detailed information on stock splits for a specific company using the FMP Stock Split Details API. This API provides essential data, including the split date and the split ratio, helping users understand changes in a company. 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 getStockSplits: 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.
getStockSplits 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 getStockSplits 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 getStockSplits. 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.
getStockSplits 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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