stocks.market.news

General market news — categories: general, forex, crypto, merger. Top headlines with source, summary, and images (Finnhub)

SERVERApibase SOURCEapibase-mcp-client

Low RISK CLASS

Category Read

Parameters 10 required

Recommended Allowedsee the rule below

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This record as markdown: /tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase/stocks.market.news.md

WHAT IT DOES

What stocks.market.news does on Apibase

AI agents call stocks.market.news 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
`category`	string	—	News category: "general" (default), "forex", "crypto", "merger"

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

RISK

Why stocks.market.news is rated Low

Retrieves financial news and headlines without modifying data or executing trades.

From the tool's definition General market news, headlines with source, summary

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RECOMMENDED RULE

The rule that runs stocks.market.news 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 stocks.market.news, this is the rule to start with:

stocks.market.news Allowed

stocks.market.news is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

View as policy code

policy.json

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "stocks.market.news": {}
  }
}

ALLOW ONLY THIS TOOL → Instant setup, no code required.

The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every stocks.market.news call is checked against it from then on.

FAQ

Questions about stocks.market.news

What does the stocks.market.news tool do? +

General market news — categories: general, forex, crypto, merger. Top headlines with source, summary, and images (Finnhub). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

What parameters does stocks.market.news accept? +

stocks.market.news accepts 1 parameter: category. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.

How do I enforce a policy on stocks.market.news? +

Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for stocks.market.news: 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.

What risk level is stocks.market.news? +

stocks.market.news is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit stocks.market.news? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the stocks.market.news 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.

How do I block stocks.market.news completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for stocks.market.news. 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.

What MCP server provides stocks.market.news? +

stocks.market.news 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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