Fetch all XBRL facts for a CIK.
AI agents call edgar.company_facts to retrieve information from Mcp Financial Data without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool retrieves financial facts from SEC EDGAR filings based on a company identifier (CIK). This is a pure read operation that queries publicly available data without side effects, modification, or code execution. While financial data is sensitive, the tool itself has no capability to alter data, move money, or trigger external actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'Fetch' and description states 'Fetch all XBRL facts for a CIK' — a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capability. Returns SEC filing data (XBRL facts) for analysis purposes only.
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Fetch all XBRL facts for a CIK. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Financial Data MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Financial Data MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for edgar.company_facts: 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 Financial Data. Nothing to install.
edgar.company_facts 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 edgar.company_facts 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 edgar.company_facts. 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.
edgar.company_facts is provided by the Mcp Financial Data MCP server (sebaustin/mcp-financial-data). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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