finance.edgar.xbrl_concept
Complete history of any XBRL financial concept (Revenues, NetIncomeLoss, Assets, EPS) for a company across all SEC filings. Returns up to 20 most recent values with period dates, form type, fiscal year. Free alternative to Bloomberg for historical financials.
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What finance.edgar.xbrl_concept does on Apibase
AI agents call finance.edgar.xbrl_concept 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
cik | string | Yes | SEC CIK number (e.g. "320193" for Apple, "789019" for Microsoft) |
tag | string | Yes | XBRL concept tag (e.g. Revenues, NetIncomeLoss, Assets, EarningsPerShareBasic) |
taxonomy | string | — | XBRL taxonomy (default: us-gaap). Other: ifrs-full, dei, srt |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why finance.edgar.xbrl_concept is rated Low
Queries and returns historical SEC filing data without modification or execution of external operations.
From the tool's definition retrieves historical financial concept data, returns values with dates, free alternative to Bloomberg
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The rule that runs finance.edgar.xbrl_concept 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 finance.edgar.xbrl_concept, this is the rule to start with:
finance.edgar.xbrl_concept 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 finance.edgar.xbrl_concept call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about finance.edgar.xbrl_concept
Complete history of any XBRL financial concept (Revenues, NetIncomeLoss, Assets, EPS) for a company across all SEC filings. Returns up to 20 most recent values with period dates, form type, fiscal year. Free alternative to Bloomberg for historical financials. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
finance.edgar.xbrl_concept accepts 3 parameters: cik, tag, taxonomy. Required: cik, tag. 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 finance.edgar.xbrl_concept: 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.
finance.edgar.xbrl_concept 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 finance.edgar.xbrl_concept 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 finance.edgar.xbrl_concept. 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.
finance.edgar.xbrl_concept 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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