About Financial Data Provider MCP Server
An MCP server for financial data lookups and compound-interest calculations, suited to clients that need market information through APIs. It covers stocks, crypto, forex, and financial news.
Key features
- 01Real-time stock prices
- 02Crypto prices and stats
- 03Forex exchange rates
- 04Compound-interest calculations
- 05Financial news retrieval
Use cases
- 01Checking stock quotes
- 02Looking up crypto data
- 03Checking currency rates
- 04Estimating compound interest
MCP support
The MCP server exposes tools for stock prices, cryptocurrency data, forex rates, compound-interest calculations, and financial news.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
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 Provider MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation providing financial data and calculations through various APIs.
Features
- Stock Price Data: Fetch real-time stock prices using Alpha Vantage API
- Cryptocurrency Data: Get cryptocurrency prices and stats via CoinGecko API
- Forex Rates: Access currency exchange rates through Exchange Rate API
- Compound Interest Calculator: Calculate compound interest with customizable parameters
- Financial News: Retrieve latest financial news from GNews API
Available Tools
1. getStockPrice
{
ticker: string;
}
2. getCryptoPrice
{
symbol: string;
}
3. getForexRate
{
pair: string;
}
4. calculateCompoundInterest
{
principal: number,
rate: number,
time: number,
compoundFrequency: number
}
5. getFinancialNews
{
category: string;
}
Setup
- Install dependencies:
npm install
pnpm install
- Run the server:
npm run dev
Note
- The server uses demo API keys for demonstration purposes
- For production use, replace demo API keys with your own
- Some APIs may have rate limits in their free tiers
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