Access a comprehensive list of insider transaction types with the All Insider Transaction Types API. This API provides details on various transaction actions, including purchases, sales, and other corporate actions involving insider trading.
AI agents call getInsiderTransactionTypes 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 reference information about insider transaction types (e.g., purchase, sale, corporate action categories). It does not execute trades, modify data, delete records, or move money. It is a simple lookup/query endpoint that returns structured financial reference data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getInsiderTransactionTypes' and description 'provides details on various transaction actions' indicates data retrieval only.
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Access a comprehensive list of insider transaction types with the All Insider Transaction Types API. This API provides details on various transaction actions, including purchases, sales, and other corporate actions involving insider trading. 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 getInsiderTransactionTypes: 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.
getInsiderTransactionTypes 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 getInsiderTransactionTypes 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 getInsiderTransactionTypes. 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.
getInsiderTransactionTypes 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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