Get analyst price targets and upgrade/downgrade history.
AI agents call get_analyst_ratings to retrieve information from yfinance MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves historical financial analyst data from Yahoo Finance. It has no side effects, does not create, modify, or delete data, does not execute code or commands, and does not involve financial transactions. It is a straightforward read operation that fetches analyst ratings and target price information for informational purposes only.
From the tool's definition Tool provides analyst price targets and upgrade/downgrade history - pure data retrieval with no parameters that affect external systems. The description indicates querying historical analyst information without modification or execution of external operations.
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Get analyst price targets and upgrade/downgrade history. It is categorised as a Read tool in the yfinance MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the yfinance MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_analyst_ratings: 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 yfinance MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_analyst_ratings 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_analyst_ratings 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_analyst_ratings. 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_analyst_ratings is provided by the yfinance MCP Server MCP server (torosent/yfinance-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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