yfinance MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server that allows LLMs to get accurate and up-to-date prices and news about stock/cryptocurrencies tickers.

Available Tools

• get_price_tool: Get the price of a stock/cryptocurrency ticker
  • Arguments:
    • ticker (string): Required - Ticker name or alias (e.g., "BTC-USD", "AAPL")
    • period (string): Optional - Time period (e.g., "1d", "5d", "1mo"). Defaults to "1d"
• get_news_tool: Get the news of a stock/cryptocurrency ticker.
  • Required arguments:
    • ticker (string): Required
    • count (string): Optional - Number of articles to retrieve (default: 5)

Example Interactions

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install yfinance-mcp-server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Otman404/finance-mcp-server --client claude

Using uv

Install the package locally

uv pip install -e .

Run the server

finance-mcp-server

Using docker

# build the container
docker build -t finance-server .

# run the container
docker run -it finance-server

Configuration

Usage for Claude Desktop

Add the following to claude_desktop_config.json

uvx

"mcpServers": {
  "finance": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": ["finance-mcp-server"]
  }
}

docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "finance": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "finance-server"]
    }
  }
}

Usage for 5ire

uvx

{
  "key": "finance",
  "command": "uvx",
  "args": ["finance-mcp-server"]
}

docker

{
  "key": "finance-server",
  "command": "docker",
  "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "finance-server"]
}