# get_cash_flow

Get company cash flow statement data.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get_cash_flow`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp/get-cash-flow

## Facts

- Tool: `get_cash_flow`
- Server: AKShare One MCP Server (`zwldarren/akshare-one-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/zwldarren/akshare-one-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade A, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `source` | string | no | Data source |
| `symbol` | string | no | Stock symbol/ticker (e.g. '000001') |
| `recent_n` | object | no | Number of most recent records to return |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

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

## Why get_cash_flow is rated Low

This tool retrieves historical financial data (cash flow statements) from the AKShare stock market database. It queries and returns data with no side effects, modifications, or irreversible changes. This is a straightforward read operation consistent with the sibling tools on this server (get_balance_sheet, get_income_statement, etc.), all of which are data retrieval functions.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'get_cash_flow' and description 'Get company cash flow statement data' indicate retrieval of financial statement information. No modification, deletion, or execution of external operations is performed."

## Use case

AI agents call get_cash_flow to retrieve information from AKShare One 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 AKShare One MCP Server:

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

## Other tools on AKShare One MCP Server (8)

- `get_balance_sheet` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp/get-balance-sheet.md
- `get_financial_metrics` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp/get-financial-metrics.md
- `get_hist_data` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp/get-hist-data.md
- `get_income_statement` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp/get-income-statement.md
- `get_inner_trade_data` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp/get-inner-trade-data.md
- `get_news_data` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp/get-news-data.md
- `get_realtime_data` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp/get-realtime-data.md
- `get_time_info` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp/get-time-info.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=zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/zwldarren-akshare-one-mcp