About Financial Data - MCP Server
An MCP server that brings Alpha Vantage stock data into LLM workflows. It retrieves current quotes and historical prices for users building market-data context.
Key features
- 01Current stock quotes
- 02Daily, weekly, and monthly history
Use cases
- 01Add a stock’s current quote to an LLM prompt
- 02Review historical prices at a selected interval
MCP support
Exposes stock quote and historical-data tools to MCP clients, using the Alpha Vantage API.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEFinancial Data - MCP Server
This is an MCP server that provides access to the Alpha Vantage API, allowing stock data retrieval to be used as context to LLMs.
Available Features
getStockQuote: Get the current quote for a stock.getHistoricalData: Get historical data for a stock (daily, weekly, or monthly).- (More tools will be added later for technical analysis, company overview, etc.)
Setup
Installing via Smithery
To install Financial Data Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install findata-mcp-server --client claude
Manual Installation
npm install findata-mcp-server
Usage in Host
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Obtain an API key from Alpha Vantage https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key.
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Configure your MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop) to connect to the server:
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphaVantage": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "findata-mcp-server"],
"env": {
"ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY": "PUT_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
Tools
getStockQuote
Get the current quote for a stock.
Input:
symbol: The stock symbol (e.g., AAPL)
Output Example:
getHistoricalData
Get historical data for a stock.
Input:
symbol: the stock symbol (e.g., AAPL)interval: the time interval for the data (daily,weekly, ormonthly) (optional, default:daily)outputsize: the size of the output (compactorfull) (optional, default:compact) Output:
JSON object containing the historical data. The structure of the output depends on the interval parameter.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or pull request.
License
MIT
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