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Blpapi MCP

by · github.com/djsamseng/blpapi-mcp

A MCP server providing financial data from Bloomberg blpapi

Unclaimed last commit a year ago devtools
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46Fair

Scored 5 months ago · breakdown

About Blpapi MCP

Blpapi MCP is an MCP server published by djsamseng in the Developer Tools category: a MCP server providing financial data from Bloomberg blpapi.

The repository has 60 stars and 11 forks, with the last commit a year ago. Six months or more without a commit doesn't mean the server is broken, but check the open issues before depending on it in production.

Install

From source
git clone https://github.com/djsamseng/blpapi-mcp

This server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.

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Security checks

Static checks derived from the repository 7 days ago. Heuristics on the source, not an audit.

  • ✓README presentThe repository ships documentation.
  • !License declaredNo license file. Legally you have no right to use it in a product.
  • !Tests presentNo tests found. Behaviour changes may go unnoticed between versions.
  • ✓Dependencies pinnedA lockfile pins dependency versions.
  • ✓No dynamic code executionSource scan found no eval, dynamic Function, or shell execution.
  • !Scoped permissionsDoesn't declare a permission scope. Assume it can do anything its process can.

README

BLPAPI-MCP

A MCP server providing financial data from Bloomberg's blpapi.

Note: A Bloomberg Terminal must be running (BBComm must be accessible) for data access.

Installation

Using UV

uv add git+https://github.com/djsamseng/blpapi-mcp

Run the MCP Server

uv run blpapi-mcp --sse --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000

Using blpapi-cmp from Cursor

  • For project only: create .cursor/mcp.json in your project directory
  • For global: create ~/.cursor/mcp.json
  • Replace the host and port with the MCP server running from above
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-name": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse",
    }
  }
}

Using blpapi-mcp from Claude Code

  • Replace the url with the MCP server running from above
claud mcp add --transport sse blpapi-mcp http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse

Using blpapi-mcp from Aider

Development

Requirements

  1. Install UV
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
  1. Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/djsamseng/blpapi-mcp
  1. Setup the venv
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
  1. Run the MCP server
uv run blpapi-mcp --sse --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000
  1. Run a test client that starts up it's own server in stdio mode
uv run examples/clients/blp_stdio_client.py
  1. Run a test client that uses an existing running sse server
uv run examples/clients/blp_sse_client.py --host http://127.0.0.1 --port 8000

Trademark Note

This project not affiliated with Bloomberg Finance L.P. The use of the name Bloomberg is only descriptive as towards what this package is used with.

README fetched from the repository 7 days ago. The original is authoritative.

Questions

About Blpapi MCP

How do I install Blpapi MCP?

No package has been published for this server, so install it from source: clone the repository and follow its README.

Is Blpapi MCP safe to use with an AI agent?

Its trust score is 46 out of 100 (fair). It passes 3 of the 6 static security checks run so far; the failures are listed above. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.

Is Blpapi MCP still maintained?

The last commit was a year ago. That's long enough that you should check whether the maintainer is responding to issues before depending on it.