Get consensus analyst rating from multiple sources
AI agents call get_consensus_rating 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 aggregated analyst ratings from public sources. It performs a read-only query operation that returns existing data without side effects. No data is created, modified, deleted, or financial transactions are executed. The severity is low because misuse would only expose publicly available financial analysis information, posing minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_consensus_rating' and description 'Get consensus analyst rating from multiple sources' indicate retrieval of pre-computed analyst data with no modification, creation, or deletion of data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_consensus_rating 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_consensus_rating:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_consensus_rating": {}
}
}get_consensus_rating is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get consensus analyst rating from multiple sources. 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_consensus_rating: 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_consensus_rating 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_consensus_rating 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_consensus_rating. 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_consensus_rating 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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