Access a complete list of industry sectors using the FMP Available Sectors API. This API helps users categorize and filter companies based on their respective sectors, enabling deeper analysis and more focused queries across different industries.
AI agents call getAvailableSectors to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep 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 and returns a static or semi-static list of industry sectors for classification and filtering purposes. It has no side effects, does not execute operations, does not modify data, and does not involve financial transactions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an AI agent can only retrieve sector information, which poses no security or operational risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getAvailableSectors' and description 'Access a complete list of industry sectors' and 'categorize and filter companies' indicate data retrieval only. No modification, deletion, execution, or financial transaction capability.
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Access a complete list of industry sectors using the FMP Available Sectors API. This API helps users categorize and filter companies based on their respective sectors, enabling deeper analysis and more focused queries across different industries. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getAvailableSectors: 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 Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server. Nothing to install.
getAvailableSectors 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 getAvailableSectors 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 getAvailableSectors. 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.
getAvailableSectors is provided by the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server (vijitdaroch/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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