List commonly used XBRL financial metrics with their tags. Helpful for finding the right metric name.
AI agents call list_common_metrics to retrieve information from SEC EDGAR MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a utility function that returns metadata about financial metric tags available in the XBRL dataset. It has no side effects, does not execute code or queries, does not modify data, and poses minimal security risk. Users can only view a list of standardized metric definitions. The blast radius of misuse is negligible—an AI agent cannot cause harm by listing metric names.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_common_metrics' and description 'List commonly used XBRL financial metrics with their tags' indicate this retrieves and displays reference data about available metrics without modifying, executing operations, or accessing sensitive company…
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List commonly used XBRL financial metrics with their tags. Helpful for finding the right metric name. It is categorised as a Read tool in the SEC EDGAR MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the SEC EDGAR MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_common_metrics: 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 EDGAR MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_common_metrics 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 list_common_metrics 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 list_common_metrics. 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.
list_common_metrics is provided by the SEC EDGAR MCP Server MCP server (shawndrake2/mcp-sec-edgar). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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