Yahoo Finance MCP server for AI agents

The MCP Yahoo Finance server provides tools to interact with Yahoo Finance data, allowing you to get stock pricing, company information, and more through the Model Context Protocol interface.

Installation Options

Using pip

You can install the package directly using pip:

pip install mcp-yahoo-finance

Using Git

Alternatively, clone the repository and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/maxscheijen/mcp-yahoo-finance.git
cd mcp-yahoo-finance
uv sync

Configuration

Setting up with Claude Desktop

To use the MCP Yahoo Finance server with Claude Desktop, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yahoo-finance": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": ["mcp-yahoo-finance"]
        }
    }
}

For Docker users, use this configuration instead:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yahoo-finance": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "IMAGE"]
        }
    }
}

Setting up with VSCode

To use the server with VSCode, add this configuration to your .vscode/mcp.json file:

{
    "servers": {
        "yahoo-finance": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": ["mcp-yahoo-finance"]
        }
    }
}

Usage Examples

Once configured, you can ask questions related to stock market data. Here are some examples of what you can ask:

"What is the stock price of Apple?"
"What is the difference in stock price between Apple and Google?"
"How much did the stock price of Apple change between 2024-01-01 and 2025-01-01?"
"What are the available options expiration dates for AAPL?"
"Show me the options chain for AAPL expiring on 2024-01-19"
"What are the call and put options for Tesla?"

Testing

To test the MCP server using the MCP Inspector tool:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run mcp-yahoo-finance

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "yahoo-finance" '{"command":"uvx","args":["mcp-yahoo-finance"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yahoo-finance": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-yahoo-finance"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yahoo-finance": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-yahoo-finance"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect