Financial Datasets MCP Server
Introduction
This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to stock market data from Financial Datasets.
It allows Claude and other AI assistants to retrieve income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, stock prices, and market news directly through the MCP interface.
Available Tools
This MCP server provides the following tools:
- get_income_statements: Retrieve income statements for a stock
- get_balance_sheets: Retrieve balance sheets for stock
- get_cash_flow_statements: Retrieve cash flow statements for a stock
- get_current_price: Get the latest price information for a stock
- get_prices: Get historical stock prices with customizable date ranges and intervals
- get_news: Get the latest news for a stock
Setup
Prerequisites
- Python 3.10 or higher
- uv package manager
Installation
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Clone this repository:
1git clone https://github.com/financial-datasets/mcp-server 2cd mcp-server
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If you don't have uv installed, install it:
1# macOS/Linux 2curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh 3 4# Windows 5curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | powershell
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Install dependencies:
1# Create virtual env and activate it 2uv venv 3source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate 4 5# Install dependencies 6uv add "mcp[cli]" httpx # On Windows: uv add mcp[cli] httpx 7
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Set up environment variables:
1# Create .env file for your API keys 2cp .env.example .env 3 4# Set API key in .env 5FINANCIAL_DATASETS_API_KEY=your-financial-datasets-api-key
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Run the server:
1uv run server.py
Connecting to Claude Desktop
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Install Claude Desktop if you haven't already
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Create or edit the Claude Desktop configuration file:
1# macOS 2mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/ 3nano ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
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Add the following configuration:
1{ 2 "mcpServers": { 3 "financial-datasets": { 4 "command": "/path/to/uv", 5 "args": [ 6 "--directory", 7 "/absolute/path/to/financial-datasets-mcp", 8 "run", 9 "server.py" 10 ] 11 } 12 } 13}
Replace
/path/to/uv
with the result ofwhich uv
and/absolute/path/to/financial-datasets-mcp
with the absolute path to this project. -
Restart Claude Desktop
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You should now see the financial tools available in Claude Desktop's tools menu (hammer icon)
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Try asking Claude questions like:
- "What are Apple's recent income statements?"
- "Show me the current price of Tesla stock"
- "Get historical prices for MSFT from 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31"