AKShare (Chinese Financial Data) MCP server

The AKShare MCP Server provides financial data analysis capabilities using the AKShare library, offering integration with Claude Desktop via the Model Context Protocol. It gives users access to Chinese and global financial market data through a simple interface.

Installation

Using uv (recommended)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/akshare_mcp_server.git
cd akshare_mcp_server

# Create and activate a virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies with uv
uv pip install -e .

Using pip

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/akshare_mcp_server.git
cd akshare_mcp_server

# Create and activate a virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -e .

Usage

Running the server

# Activate the virtual environment
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Run the server
python run_server.py

Integrating with Claude Desktop

• Add the following configuration to your Claude Desktop configuration:

"mcpServers": {
    "akshare-mcp": {
        "command": "uv",
        "args": [
            "--directory",
            "/path/to/akshare_mcp_server",
            "run",
            "akshare-mcp"
        ],
        "env": {
            "AKSHARE_API_KEY": "<your_api_key_if_needed>"
        }
    }
}

• Restart Claude Desktop
• Select the AKShare MCP server from the available tools

Available Tools

The AKShare MCP server provides access to various financial data categories:

• Stock data queries
• Fund data queries
• Bond data queries
• Futures data queries
• Forex data queries
• Macroeconomic data queries
• And more...

Docker Support

You can also run the server using Docker:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/akshare_mcp_server.git
cd akshare_mcp_server

# Create and activate a virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -e .

How to add this MCP server to 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 > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

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

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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 explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.