Get latest news articles for a stock symbol
AI agents call get_stock_news to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries existing news articles for a given stock symbol. It performs a read-only lookup operation with no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no financial transactions. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—an AI agent misusing this tool can only retrieve news, not cause harm through financial or destructive actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_stock_news' and description 'Get latest news articles for a stock symbol' indicate retrieval of news data with no modification or execution of external operations.
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Get latest news articles for a stock symbol. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_stock_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 Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_stock_news 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 get_stock_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.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_stock_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.
get_stock_news is provided by the Financial Modeling Prep (FMP) MCP Server MCP server (jackdark425/aigroup-fmp-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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