sec-edgar.company.lookup
Resolve a stock ticker symbol (exact match) or company name substring to a SEC Central Index Key (CIK) — the identifier required by all other sec-edgar tools. Returns matching company name, ticker, and CIK. Data: www.sec.gov (US Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR system), no auth required.
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What sec-edgar.company.lookup does on Apibase
AI agents call sec-edgar.company.lookup 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
limit | integer | — | Maximum number of matching companies to return, 1-25 (default 10). |
query | string | Yes | Ticker symbol (exact match, e.g. "AAPL") or company name substring (e.g. "Apple") to search for. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why sec-edgar.company.lookup is rated Low
Retrieves public company identifiers from SEC EDGAR with no side effects or data modification.
From the tool's definition Resolve a stock ticker symbol or company name substring to a SEC Central Index Key
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The rule that runs sec-edgar.company.lookup 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 sec-edgar.company.lookup, this is the rule to start with:
sec-edgar.company.lookup 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 sec-edgar.company.lookup call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about sec-edgar.company.lookup
Resolve a stock ticker symbol (exact match) or company name substring to a SEC Central Index Key (CIK) — the identifier required by all other sec-edgar tools. Returns matching company name, ticker, and CIK. Data: www.sec.gov (US Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR system), no auth required. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
sec-edgar.company.lookup accepts 2 parameters: limit, query. 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 sec-edgar.company.lookup: 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.
sec-edgar.company.lookup 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 sec-edgar.company.lookup 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 sec-edgar.company.lookup. 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.
sec-edgar.company.lookup 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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