# searchName

Search for ticker symbols, company names, and exchange details for equity securities and ETFs listed on various exchanges with the FMP Name Search API. This endpoint is useful for retrieving ticker symbols when you know the full or partial company or asset name but not the symbol identifier.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `searchName`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/searchname

## Facts

- Tool: `searchName`
- Server: Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server (`vijitdaroch/financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/vijitdaroch/Financial-Modeling-Prep-MCP-Server
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "searchName",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why searchName is rated Low

searchName retrieves publicly available financial reference data (ticker symbols, company names, exchange information) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. This is a classic Read operation: it queries a database and returns results. The low severity reflects that misuse cannot cause financial harm or data loss—an AI agent searching for ticker symbols poses minimal risk.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states it 'search[es] for ticker symbols, company names, and exchange details' and is 'useful for retrieving ticker symbols' — purely a lookup/query operation with no data modification or side effects."

## Use case

AI agents call searchName to retrieve information from Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "searchName": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Financial Modeling Prep MCP Server (255)

- `calculateCustomDCF` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/calculatecustomdcf.md
- `calculateCustomLeveredDCF` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/calculatecustomlevereddcf.md
- `enable_toolset` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/enable-toolset.md
- `get_toolset_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/get-toolset-status.md
- `getAcquisitionOwnership` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getacquisitionownership.md
- `getActivelyTradingList` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getactivelytradinglist.md
- `getADX` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getadx.md
- `getAftermarketQuote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getaftermarketquote.md
- `getAftermarketTrade` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getaftermarkettrade.md
- `getAllExchangeMarketHours` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallexchangemarkethours.md
- `getAllIndexQuotes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallindexquotes.md
- `getAllIndustryClassification` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallindustryclassification.md
- `getAllShareFloat` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getallsharefloat.md
- `getAnalystEstimates` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getanalystestimates.md
- `getAvailableCountries` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailablecountries.md
- `getAvailableExchanges` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailableexchanges.md
- `getAvailableIndustries` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailableindustries.md
- `getAvailableSectors` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailablesectors.md
- `getAvailableTranscriptSymbols` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getavailabletranscriptsymbols.md
- `getBalanceSheetGrowthBulk` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetgrowthbulk.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatement` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatement.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementAsReported` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementasreported.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementGrowth` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementgrowth.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementsBulk` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementsbulk.md
- `getBalanceSheetStatementTTM` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbalancesheetstatementttm.md
- `getBatchAftermarketQuote` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchaftermarketquote.md
- `getBatchAftermarketTrade` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchaftermarkettrade.md
- `getBatchMarketCap` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchmarketcap.md
- `getBatchQuotes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchquotes.md
- `getBatchQuotesShort` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server/getbatchquotesshort.md
- …and 225 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/vijitdaroch-financial-modeling-prep-mcp-server