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About yfinance

yfinance is a Yahoo Finance MCP server for financial research and market monitoring. It provides data on stocks, funds, indices, crypto, and forex, with tools spanning prices, fundamentals, options, news, and screening.

Key features

  1. 01Fetch current prices and company profiles
  2. 02Review historical prices and financial statements
  3. 03Get analyst ratings and options chains
  4. 04Compare securities and screen stocks
  5. 05Search tickers and retrieve market news

Use cases

  1. 01Research company fundamentals and price trends
  2. 02Compare securities in a portfolio
  3. 03Find stocks by sector or valuation criteria

MCP support

The MCP server exposes 12 financial-data tools to clients, covering quotes, fundamentals, market analysis, search, and news.

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/rizkydwicmt/yfinance-mcp-server --skill yfinance

After installing, type/yfinancein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled files

References and scripts installed along with SKILL.md.

CLAUDE.md
install.sh
pyproject.toml
LICENSE
README.md
src/yfinance_mcp/
server.py
__init__.py
types.py
utils.py
src/yfinance_mcp/tools/
__init__.py
search.py
market.py
ticker.py

Details

From the project README

YFinance MCP Server

Access real-time and historical financial data from Yahoo Finance. This MCP server provides 12 tools covering stock prices, company fundamentals, analyst recommendations, options chains, dividends, market movers, and news.

Available Tools

Stock Data (7 tools)
tool_get_stock_price — Current Price & Trading Metrics
tool_get_stock_price(symbol: "AAPL")
tool_get_stock_price(symbol: "BBCA.JK")

Returns: current price, change %, open, day high/low, volume, 52-week range, market cap, P/E, dividend yield, direction (▲/▼).

tool_get_stock_info — Company Details
tool_get_stock_info(symbol: "MSFT")

Returns: sector, industry, full name, market cap, P/E, P/B, profit margins, revenue growth, analyst price targets, business description.

tool_get_history — Historical OHLCV Data
tool_get_history(symbol: "AAPL", period: "1mo", interval: "1d")
tool_get_history(symbol: "BBCA.JK", period: "1y", interval: "1wk")
tool_get_history(symbol: "BTC-USD", period: "5y", interval: "1mo")
  • period: 1d, 5d, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo, 1y, 2y, 5y, 10y, ytd, max
  • interval: 1m, 2m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 60m, 90m, 1h, 1d, 5d, 1wk, 1mo, 3mo
tool_get_financials — Financial Statements
tool_get_financials(symbol: "AAPL", statement_type: "income", quarterly: false)
tool_get_financials(symbol: "MSFT", statement_type: "balance_sheet", quarterly: true)
tool_get_financials(symbol: "GOOG", statement_type: "all")
  • statement_type: income, balance_sheet, cash_flow, all
tool_get_recommendations — Analyst Ratings
tool_get_recommendations(symbol: "TSLA")

Returns: recommendation trends (strongBuy, buy, hold, sell, strongSell), price targets (low, mean, median, high), and recent upgrades/downgrades.

tool_get_options — Options Chain
tool_get_options(symbol: "AAPL")
tool_get_options(symbol: "TSLA", expiration: "2025-03-21")

Returns: calls and puts with strike, last price, bid, ask, volume, open interest, implied volatility. Lists available expiration dates.

tool_get_dividends — Dividend History
tool_get_dividends(symbol: "JNJ")
tool_get_dividends(symbol: "BBCA.JK")

Returns: current yield, ex-date, payment rate, and historical dividend payments.


Market Analysis (3 tools)
tool_compare_stocks — Side-by-Side Comparison
tool_compare_stocks(symbols: "AAPL,MSFT,GOOG")
tool_compare_stocks(symbols: "BBCA.JK BBRI.JK BMRI.JK")

Compares up to 10 stocks on: price, change %, market cap, P/E, dividend yield, margins, revenue growth, analyst rating. Symbols can be comma or space separated.

tool_get_market_movers — Top Movers
tool_get_market_movers(mover_type: "gainers")
tool_get_market_movers(mover_type: "losers")
tool_get_market_movers(mover_type: "most_active")
tool_screen_stocks — Stock Screener
tool_screen_stocks(sector: "Technology", min_market_cap: 1000000000)
tool_screen_stocks(max_pe_ratio: 15, min_dividend_yield: 0.03)
tool_screen_stocks(sector: "Healthcare", exchange: "NMS")

All filters are optional and combinable:

  • sector: Technology, Healthcare, Financial Services, Energy, etc.
  • min_market_cap: in USD (e.g., 1000000000 = $1B)
  • max_pe_ratio: max trailing P/E (e.g., 25)
  • min_dividend_yield: as decimal (e.g., 0.03 = 3%)
  • exchange: NMS (NASDAQ), NYQ (NYSE), etc.

Search & News (2 tools)
tool_search_stocks — Find Tickers
tool_search_stocks(query: "Apple", max_results: 5)
tool_search_stocks(query: "semiconductor ETF")
tool_search_stocks(query: "bank indonesia")

Searches stocks, ETFs, mutual funds, indices by name, ticker, or keyword.

tool_get_news — Latest News
tool_get_news(symbol: "AAPL", max_items: 5)
tool_get_news(symbol: "TSLA")

Returns: title, publisher, link, publish time, and thumbnail for each article.


Supported Markets

This server works with any ticker supported by Yahoo Finance:

MarketExamples
US StocksAAPL, MSFT, GOOG, TSLA, AMZN
Indonesia (IDX)BBCA.JK, BBRI.JK, TLKM.JK, BMRI.JK
Japan (TSE)7203.T (Toyota), 6758.T (Sony)
UK (LSE)SHEL.L, AZN.L, HSBA.L
Hong Kong (HKEX)0700.HK (Tencent), 9988.HK (Alibaba)
ETFsSPY, QQQ, VTI, VOO, ARKK
CryptoBTC-USD, ETH-USD, SOL-USD
Indices^GSPC (S&P 500), ^IXIC (NASDAQ), ^JKSE (IDX)
ForexUSDIDR=X, EURUSD=X, GBPUSD=X

Common Usage Patterns

Investment Research
  1. tool_search_stocks → find the ticker
  2. tool_get_stock_info → understand the company
  3. tool_get_financials → analyze fundamentals
  4. tool_get_recommendations → check analyst sentiment
  5. tool_get_history → review price trends
Portfolio Monitoring
  1. tool_compare_stocks → compare your holdings
  2. tool_get_stock_price → check current prices
  3. tool_get_news → stay updated on each position
Market Discovery
  1. tool_get_market_movers → find trending stocks
  2. tool_screen_stocks → filter by criteria
  3. tool_get_stock_info → deep dive on candidates

Installation

Quick Install (install.sh)

The included install.sh automates everything — uv setup, Python 3.12 venv, package install, mcporter config, and OpenClaw skill registration:

# Clone the repository on your server
git clone https://github.com/rizkydwicmt/yfinance-mcp-server.git
cd yfinance-mcp-server

# Run the installer
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

The installer will:

  1. ✅ Check for pyproject.toml in the project directory
  2. ✅ Install uv if not already present
  3. ✅ Create a Python 3.12 virtual environment
  4. ✅ Install yfinance-mcp-server + all dependencies
  5. ✅ Verify all 12 tools load correctly
  6. ✅ Add yfinance to your mcporter config (auto-detected)
  7. ✅ Install SKILL.md to OpenClaw skills directory
Environment Variables

Customize the installer behavior with environment variables:

# Change project location
YFINANCE_PROJECT_DIR=/opt/mcp/yfinance ./install.sh

# Use a different Python version
YFINANCE_PYTHON_VERSION=3.11 ./install.sh

# Custom venv location
YFINANCE_VENV_DIR=/opt/venvs/yfinance ./install.sh

# Specify mcporter config path
MCPORTER_CONFIG=/etc/clawd/mcporter.json ./install.sh

# Custom OpenClaw directory
CLAWD_DIR=/opt/clawd ./install.sh

# Skip mcporter / skill steps
SKIP_MCPORTER=true ./install.sh
SKIP_SKILL=true ./install.sh
Manual Install
# 1. Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/rizkydwicmt/yfinance-mcp-server.git
cd yfinance-mcp-server

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

# 3. Create venv + install
uv venv .venv --python 3.12
uv pip install -e . --python .venv/bin/python

# 4. Add to mcporter.json
# {"mcpServers": {"yfinance": {"command": "/path/to/.venv/bin/yfin-mcp"}}}

# 5. Install skill
mkdir -p ${CLAWD_DIR}/skills/yfinance
cp SKILL.md ${CLAWD_DIR}/skills/yfinance/SKILL.md
Verify
# Check tools load
mcporter --config ${CLAWD_DIR}/config/mcporter.json list yfinance --schema

# Live test
mcporter --config ${CLAWD_DIR}/config/mcporter.json call yfinance.tool_get_stock_price symbol=AAPL

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