getExchangeMarketHours

Retrieve trading hours for specific stock exchanges using the Global Exchange Market Hours API. Find out the opening and closing times of global exchanges to plan your trading strategies effectively.

Server Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server vijitdaroch/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What getExchangeMarketHours does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server

AI agents call getExchangeMarketHours 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.

Why getExchangeMarketHours needs a policy

This tool only fetches and returns static reference data (exchange hours) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It cannot be misused to cause financial harm, execute code, or perform destructive actions. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—at worst, an agent receives incorrect timing information for planning purposes.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'getExchangeMarketHours' and description 'Retrieve trading hours for specific stock exchanges' indicates a pure data retrieval operation with no side effects.

Questions about getExchangeMarketHours

What does the getExchangeMarketHours tool do? +

Retrieve trading hours for specific stock exchanges using the Global Exchange Market Hours API. Find out the opening and closing times of global exchanges to plan your trading strategies effectively. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on getExchangeMarketHours? +

Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getExchangeMarketHours: 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.

What risk level is getExchangeMarketHours? +

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

Can I rate-limit getExchangeMarketHours? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the getExchangeMarketHours 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 getExchangeMarketHours completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for getExchangeMarketHours. 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 getExchangeMarketHours? +

getExchangeMarketHours 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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