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SaintDoresh/YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop

🐍 ☁️ - Stock market data and analysis from the Yahoo Finance API

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Official descriptionYFinance Trader MCP Tool for Claude Desktop An MCP (Model Context Protocol) tool that provides stock market data and trading capabilities using the yfinance library, specifically adapted for Claude Desktop.

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claude mcp add yfinance-trader-mcp-claudedesktop -- npx -y yfinance-trader-mcp-claudedesktop

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An MCP (Model Context Protocol) tool that provides stock market data and trading capabilities using the yfinance library, specifically adapted for Claude Desktop.
> **Credit**: This project was inspired by mcp-stocks by Luigi Ajah, which is a similar implementation for Cursor. This adaptation modifies the original concept to work with Claude Desktop.
Tutorial
For a detailed guide on setting up and using this tool, check out our Medium tutorial:
Tutorial: Using Claude Desktop with YFinance Trader MCP Tool to Access Real-Time Stock Market Data
Features
- Real-time stock quotes
- Company information and financial metrics
- Historical price data
- Symbol search functionality
- Analyst recommendations
- Insider transaction tracking
Setup
1. Ensure you have Python 3.10 or higher installed
2. Install dependencies:
Integration with Claude Desktop
1. Configure your MCP settings in Claude Desktop by adding the following to your MCP configuration:
2. Replace the path with the full path to your main.py file
3. Restart Claude Desktop if needed
Available Tools
1. get_stock_quote
Get real-time stock quote information:
2. get_company_overview
Get company information and key metrics:
3. get_time_series_daily
Get historical daily price data:
4. search_symbol
Search for stocks and other securities:
5. get_recommendations
Get analyst recommendations for a stock:
6. get_insider_transactions
Get insider trading information:
Sample Queries
You can ask Claude Desktop questions like:
- "What is the current stock price and daily change for AAPL?"
- "Can you give me a company overview for Microsoft (MSFT)?"
- "Show me the historical price data for Tesla (TSLA) over the last 3 months."
- "Search for stocks related to 'NVDA'."
- "What are the analyst recommendations for Amazon (AMZN)?"
- "Have there been any recent insider transactions for Google (GOOGL)?"
Cryptocurrency Support
Limited cryptocurrency data is available using special ticker formats:
- BTC-USD for Bitcoin
- ETH-USD for Ethereum
- DOGE-USD for Dogecoin
Error Handling
All tools include proper error handling and will return an error message if something goes wrong:
Troubleshooting
If the MCP server is not working in Claude Desktop:
1. Make sure the server is running - you should see output when you start the script