getStockGradeSummary

Quickly access an overall view of analyst ratings with the FMP Grades Summary API. This API provides a consolidated summary of market sentiment for individual stock symbols, including the total number of strong buy, buy, hold, sell, and strong sell ratings. Understand the overall consensus on a s...

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

What getStockGradeSummary does on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server

AI agents call getStockGradeSummary 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 getStockGradeSummary needs a policy

This tool retrieves and aggregates existing financial analyst rating data for a given stock symbol. It performs a read-only query operation with no side effects, no code execution, and no data modification. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—worst case, an AI agent requests repetitive queries consuming API quota, but no financial transactions occur and no data is altered.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'getStockGradeSummary' and description explicitly state it 'provides a consolidated summary' and 'access' to analyst ratings data. Keywords: 'access', 'provides', 'summary' indicate data retrieval with no modifications or side effects.

Questions about getStockGradeSummary

What does the getStockGradeSummary tool do? +

Quickly access an overall view of analyst ratings with the FMP Grades Summary API. This API provides a consolidated summary of market sentiment for individual stock symbols, including the total number of strong buy, buy, hold, sell, and strong sell ratings. Understand the overall consensus on a stock’s outlook with just a few data points. 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 getStockGradeSummary? +

Register the Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getStockGradeSummary: 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 getStockGradeSummary? +

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

Can I rate-limit getStockGradeSummary? +

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

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

getStockGradeSummary 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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