Finance MCP Server
About
A minimal MCP server built with Python that exposes two example tools: one to convert a company name into a stock symbol, and another to fetch financial data from Yahoo Finance. The project focuses on learning how to build and run an MCP server—using a simple financial scenario p
Details
- Author
- esurovtsev
- GitHub stars
- 4
- Downloads
- 257
- Categories
- Finance
Jump to
- Convert company names to stock symbols.
- Fetch financial data from Yahoo Finance.
- Minimal Python implementation for learning MCP.
- Runs as a standalone server via finance-mcp.
- Compatible with Claude Desktop and MCP clients.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Finance MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install the package via uv pip install finance-mcp (production) or clone and install in development mode with uv pip install -e .. Run the server directly with the command finance-mcp. For use with Claude Desktop or other MCP clients, add the appropriate configuration to the MCP config file (e.g., claude_desktop_config.json), specifying the uv command with the path to the project directory.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"finance mcp server": {
"mcp-finance-server-py": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"pip",
"install",
"-e",
"."
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"mcp-finance-server-py": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"pip",
"install",
"-e",
"."
]
}
}Finance MCP Server
A minimal MCP server built with Python that exposes two example tools: one to convert a company name into a stock symbol, and another to fetch financial data from Yahoo Finance. The project focuses on learning how to build and run an MCP server—using a simple financial scenario purely as a demo use case.
Installation
Development Installation
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