Search for stock-related news using the FMP Search Stock News API. Find specific stock news by entering a ticker symbol or company name to track the latest developments.
AI agents call searchStockNews 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 financial news data based on ticker symbols or company names. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute commands, delete information, or commit financial obligations. The operation is purely informational and read-only, making it a low-severity Read category tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'searchStockNews' and description stating 'Search for stock-related news' and 'track the latest developments' indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution of trades/financial transactions.
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Search for stock-related news using the FMP Search Stock News API. Find specific stock news by entering a ticker symbol or company name to track the latest developments. 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 searchStockNews: 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.
searchStockNews 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 searchStockNews 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 searchStockNews. 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.
searchStockNews 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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