finance.edgar.xbrl_frames
Compare a financial metric across ALL SEC-reporting companies for a period. Query Revenues for CY2023 → 2,649 companies with values. Top: Walmart $648B, UnitedHealth $371B. Free alternative to Bloomberg/FactSet. Period format: CY2023 (annual), CY2023Q4I (quarterly).
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What finance.edgar.xbrl_frames does on Apibase
AI agents call finance.edgar.xbrl_frames 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
tag | string | Yes | XBRL concept tag (e.g. Revenues, NetIncomeLoss, Assets, TotalDebt) |
unit | string | — | Unit of measure (default: USD). Other: USD/shares for EPS, shares for share counts |
period | string | Yes | Reporting period: CY2023 (annual), CY2023Q4I (quarterly instant), CY2023Q3 (quarterly duration) |
taxonomy | string | — | XBRL taxonomy (default: us-gaap) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why finance.edgar.xbrl_frames is rated Low
Retrieves SEC financial data for analysis; no modifications, deletions, or executions performed.
From the tool's definition Compare financial metric across companies, query revenues, retrieve values.
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The rule that runs finance.edgar.xbrl_frames 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_frames, this is the rule to start with:
finance.edgar.xbrl_frames 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_frames call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about finance.edgar.xbrl_frames
Compare a financial metric across ALL SEC-reporting companies for a period. Query Revenues for CY2023 → 2,649 companies with values. Top: Walmart $648B, UnitedHealth $371B. Free alternative to Bloomberg/FactSet. Period format: CY2023 (annual), CY2023Q4I (quarterly). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
finance.edgar.xbrl_frames accepts 4 parameters: tag, unit, period, taxonomy. Required: tag, period. 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_frames: 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_frames 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_frames 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_frames. 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_frames 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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