Get recent SEC filings for a company by CIK
AI agents call get_company_submissions to retrieve information from SEC MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves publicly available SEC filing metadata/documents by querying with a CIK identifier. It performs a read-only lookup against the SEC EDGAR database with no side effects, data modification, code execution, or financial implications. The blast radius of misuse is minimal since the underlying data is already public.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Get recent SEC filings for a company by CIK' — a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capability. SEC filings are public data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_company_submissions gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and SEC MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_company_submissions:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_company_submissions": {}
}
} get_company_submissions is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get recent SEC filings for a company by CIK. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SEC MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SEC MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_company_submissions: 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 SEC MCP. Nothing to install.
get_company_submissions 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_company_submissions 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_company_submissions. 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_company_submissions is provided by the SEC MCP server (luisrincon23/sec-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from SEC MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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