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get_financial_statement

Get financial statements for a company

How to control get_financial_statement ↓

What get_financial_statement does on Stock Market MCP Server

AI agents call get_financial_statement to retrieve information from Stock Market MCP Server 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_financial_statement needs a policy

This tool retrieves and queries financial statement data without side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. While it provides financial information, it does not move money or commit financial obligations—it merely reads publicly available or authorized company financial data. The Alpha Vantage API context confirms this is a data-fetch service.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_financial_statement' and description 'Get financial statements for a company' indicate data retrieval only. No parameters suggest modification, deletion, or execution of trades.

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

How to control get_financial_statement

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Stock Market MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_financial_statement:

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

get_financial_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 Stock Market MCP Server — 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_financial_statement

What does the get_financial_statement tool do? +

Get financial statements for a company. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Stock Market MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_financial_statement? +

Register the Stock Market MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_financial_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 Stock Market MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get_financial_statement? +

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

Can I rate-limit get_financial_statement? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_financial_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_financial_statement completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_financial_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_financial_statement? +

get_financial_statement is provided by the Stock Market MCP Server MCP server (mcp-100/stock-market-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every Stock Market MCP Server tool call.

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