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get_income_statement

Get income statement for a given stock symbol.

How to control get_income_statement ↓

What get_income_statement does on MCP Yahoo Finance

AI agents call get_income_statement 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.

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Why get_income_statement needs a policy

This tool retrieves and queries financial statement data (income statement) for a specified stock. It performs a read-only operation with no ability to modify, delete, execute code, or commit financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent could retrieve income statements for any stock symbol, but this causes no harm, expense, or irreversible changes.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_income_statement' and description 'Get income statement for a given stock symbol' indicate retrieval of financial data with no modification or side effects.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_income_statement gives an agent:

How to control get_income_statement

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_income_statement:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_income_statement": {}
  }
}

get_income_statement is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register MCP Yahoo Finance — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about get_income_statement

What does the get_income_statement tool do? +

Get income statement for a given stock symbol. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Yahoo Finance MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_income_statement? +

Register the MCP Yahoo Finance MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_income_statement: 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.

What risk level is get_income_statement? +

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

Can I rate-limit get_income_statement? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_income_statement 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 get_income_statement completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_income_statement. 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 get_income_statement? +

get_income_statement 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.

Enforce policy on every MCP Yahoo Finance tool call.

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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