callbk/finlight-mcp

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mcp-name: me.finlight/news
Real-time financial news for AI agents. Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client to finlight, a financial news API covering global markets, geopolitics, and company-level news with sentiment analysis and entity tagging.
**Endpoint:** https://mcp.finlight.me (remote, streamable HTTP)
**Auth:** OAuth 2.0 (you'll be prompted for your finlight API key during connection)
**Registry:** me.finlight/news
What you can do
Ask your AI assistant things like:
- "What's the latest news on NVDA? Summarize sentiment."
- "Any market-moving headlines in the last 2 hours?"
- "Compare news coverage of the Fed decision across sources."
- "Find recent articles about semiconductor export restrictions and list the companies mentioned."
- "Which sources does finlight cover for Chinese market news?"
Tools
| Tool | Description |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| search_articles | Search financial news articles with filters for query, tickers, sources, countries, language, and date range. Returns articles with metadata, sentiment scores, and tagged company entities. |
| get_article_by_link | Retrieve a specific article by its URL, including full enrichment (sentiment, confidence, tagged companies with tickers and ISINs). |
| list_sources | List all available news sources with country of origin and content availability. |
Setup
You need a finlight API key. Sign up at app.finlight.me — the free tier is enough to try every tool below.
Claude (web / desktop)
1. Go to **Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector**
2. Enter https://mcp.finlight.me
3. Complete the OAuth flow: you'll be asked to paste your finlight API key once
Claude Code
Cursor
Add to your MCP settings (.cursor/mcp.json):
ChatGPT (developer mode / connectors)
Add https://mcp.finlight.me as a remote MCP server and complete the OAuth flow with your API key.
Stdio / local usage
For MCP clients that only support stdio transport (or if you prefer a locally spawned process), use the npm wrapper:
This bridges stdio to the remote server via mcp-remote. Add it to any client config that takes a command + args:
The OAuth flow is the same — a browser window will open for you to enter your API key on first use.
For headless or CI environments where no browser is available, set FINLIGHT_API_KEY to skip OAuth and authenticate directly:
How auth works
The server supports two authentication methods:
1. **OAuth 2.0** (default): Dynamic client registration with PKCE. A browser window opens for you to enter your finlight API key. Works out of the box with any MCP client that speaks OAuth.
2. **API key via header**: Set the FINLIGHT_API_KEY environment variable to skip the browser flow. The key is sent as a Bearer token directly.