The Filings Extract API allows users to extract detailed data directly from official SEC filings. This API provides access to key information such as company shares, security details, and filing links, making it easier to analyze corporate disclosures.
AI agents call getSecFilingExtract 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 queries publicly available SEC filing data. It has no side effects—it does not modify data, execute commands, or create financial obligations. While the financial data accessed may be sensitive for market decisions, the tool itself is fundamentally a read operation that queries existing records without altering them.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getSecFilingExtract' and description indicate data extraction: 'extract detailed data directly from official SEC filings,' 'provides access to key information such as company shares, security details, and filing links.' These are read-only…
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The Filings Extract API allows users to extract detailed data directly from official SEC filings. This API provides access to key information such as company shares, security details, and filing links, making it easier to analyze corporate disclosures. 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 getSecFilingExtract: 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.
getSecFilingExtract 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 getSecFilingExtract 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 getSecFilingExtract. 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.
getSecFilingExtract 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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