Financial Datasets MCP Server: Real-Time Insights & API Access

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

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/financial-datasets/mcp-server

cd mcp-server

2. If you don't have uv installed, install it:

   macOS/Linux

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Windows
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | powershell

3. Install dependencies:

   Create virtual env and activate it

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
uv add "mcp[cli]" httpx  # On Windows: uv add mcp[cli] httpx

4. Set up environment variables:

   Create .env file for your API keys

cp .env.example .env

# Set API key in .env
FINANCIAL_DATASETS_API_KEY=your-financial-datasets-api-key

5. Run the server:

   uv run server.py

Connecting to Claude Desktop

1. Install Claude Desktop if you haven't already

2. Create or edit the Claude Desktop configuration file:

   macOS

mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/
nano ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

3. Add the following configuration:

   {
   "mcpServers": {
   "financial-datasets": {
   "command": "/path/to/uv",
   "args": [
   "--directory",
   "/absolute/path/to/financial-datasets-mcp",
   "run",
   "server.py"
   ]
   }
   }

}

Replace /path/to/uv with the result of which uv and /absolute/path/to/financial-datasets-mcp with the absolute path to this project.

4. Restart Claude Desktop

5. You should now see the financial tools available in Claude Desktop's tools menu (hammer icon)

6. 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"