AI agents call get_earning_dates to retrieve information from MCP Yahoo Finance without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves earnings date information without modifying, deleting, or executing any financial transactions. It is a pure query operation with no side effects, matching the Read category definition. The low severity reflects that misuse poses no risk of data loss, unauthorized transactions, or operational disruption—only information disclosure, which is minimal for public financial data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_earning_dates' and description 'Get earning dates' indicate a retrieval operation. The MCP server description emphasizes 'get financial data' and 'provides tools to get' (read operations).
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_earning_dates gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Yahoo Finance, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_earning_dates:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_earning_dates": {}
}
}get_earning_dates is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get earning dates. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Yahoo Finance MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Yahoo Finance MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_earning_dates: 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 MCP Yahoo Finance. Nothing to install.
get_earning_dates 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_earning_dates 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_earning_dates. 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_earning_dates is provided by the MCP Yahoo Finance MCP server (leoncuhk/mcp-yahoo-finance). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from MCP Yahoo Finance, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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