figi.finance.search
Search 300M+ financial instruments by company name or ticker keyword. Filter by exchange and security type. Returns Bloomberg FIGI, ticker, name, market sector. Covers equities, ETPs, bonds, derivatives globally.
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What figi.finance.search does on Apibase
AI agents call figi.finance.search to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | Yes | Search query — company name or ticker (e.g. "Tesla", "Apple Inc", "MSFT") |
exchange_code | string | — | Filter by exchange code (e.g. US, LN, JP) |
security_type | string | — | Filter by security type (e.g. "Common Stock", "ETP", "REIT") |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why figi.finance.search is rated Low
Tool queries a financial instrument database and returns public market data with no modifications or side effects.
From the tool's definition Search 300M+ financial instruments by company name or ticker keyword. Returns Bloomberg FIGI, ticker, name, market sector.
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The rule that runs figi.finance.search safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For figi.finance.search, this is the rule to start with:
figi.finance.search 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 Apibase, apply this rule, and every figi.finance.search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about figi.finance.search
Search 300M+ financial instruments by company name or ticker keyword. Filter by exchange and security type. Returns Bloomberg FIGI, ticker, name, market sector. Covers equities, ETPs, bonds, derivatives globally. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
figi.finance.search accepts 3 parameters: query, exchange_code, security_type. Required: query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for figi.finance.search: 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 Apibase. Nothing to install.
figi.finance.search 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 figi.finance.search 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 figi.finance.search. 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.
figi.finance.search is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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