About Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance is an MCP server published by AgentX-ai in the Developer Tools category: a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets your AI interact with Yahoo Finance to get comprehensive stock market data, news, financials, and more.
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Install
git clone https://github.com/AgentX-ai/yahoo-finance-serverThis 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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README
Yahoo Finance MCP Server
📈 A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets your AI interact with Yahoo Finance - get comprehensive stock market data, news, financials, and more.
✨ Features
- 📊 Stock Data - Get comprehensive ticker information including company details, financials, and trading metrics
- 📰 News Feed - Fetch recent news articles related to specific stock symbols
- 🔍 Search - Find stocks, ETFs, and other financial instruments with news results
- 🏆 Top Entities - Get top performing companies, ETFs, and mutual funds by sector
- 📈 Price History - Fetch historical price data with customizable periods and intervals
- ⚡ Options Chain - Get option chain data for stocks including calls and puts
- 💰 Earnings - Access earnings data including upcoming earnings dates
- 🌐 Proxy Support - Works with HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxies
- 🚀 Fast & Async - Non-blocking operations using asyncio
- 🔧 Easy Integration - Standard MCP protocol for AI assistants
🚀 Quick Start
Prerequisites
- Python 3.11 or higher
- pip or uvx package manager
- (Optional) Proxy server for better reliability
Installation
Using uvx (Recommended)
# Install with namespace
uvx yahoo-finance-server
Using pip
pip install yahoo-finance-server
From source
git clone https://github.com/AgentX-ai/AgentX-mcp-servers.git
cd AgentX-mcp-servers/yahoo_finance_server
pip install -e .
Configuration
Proxy Setup (Recommended)
For better reliability and to avoid rate limiting, set up a proxy:
# HTTP/HTTPS proxy
export PROXY_URL="http://proxy.example.com:8080"
# SOCKS proxy with auth
export PROXY_URL="socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/"
Running the Server
# Basic run (stdio transport)
yahoo-finance-server
# Run with proxy
PROXY_URL="http://127.0.0.1:7890" yahoo-finance-server
# Run with HTTP transport
yahoo-finance-server --transport http --host localhost --port 3000
# Run with HTTP transport and proxy
PROXY_URL="http://127.0.0.1:7890" yahoo-finance-server --transport http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080
Transport Options
Stdio Transport (Default)
- Best for development and AI assistant integration
- Communication via stdin/stdout pipes
- Usage:
yahoo-finance-serveroryahoo-finance-server --transport stdio
HTTP Transport
- StreamableHttp transport (replaces deprecated SSE)
- Allows web-based connections and remote access
- Usage:
yahoo-finance-server --transport http --host localhost --port 3000 - Inspector URL:
http://localhost:3000
🛠️ API Reference
Available Tools
1. get-ticker-info
Get comprehensive stock information including company details, financials, and trading metrics.
{
"name": "get-ticker-info",
"arguments": {
"symbol": "AAPL"
}
}
2. get-ticker-news
Get recent news articles for a stock symbol.
{
"name": "get-ticker-news",
"arguments": {
"symbol": "AAPL",
"count": 10
}
}
3. search
Search for stocks, ETFs, and other financial instruments with related news.
{
"name": "search",
"arguments": {
"query": "Apple Inc",
"count": 10
}
}
4. get-top-entities
Get top performing entities in a sector.
{
"name": "get-top-entities",
"arguments": {
"entity_type": "companies", // Options: "etfs", "mutual_funds", "companies", "growth_companies", "performing_companies"
"sector": "technology", // See supported sectors below
"count": 10
}
}
Supported sectors:
- basic-materials
- communication-services
- consumer-cyclical
- consumer-defensive
- energy
- financial-services
- healthcare
- industrials
- real-estate
- technology
- utilities
5. get-price-history
Get historical price data with customizable periods and intervals.
{
"name": "get-price-history",
"arguments": {
"symbol": "AAPL",
"period": "1y", // Options: 1d, 5d, 1mo, 3mo, 6mo, 1y, 2y, 5y, 10y, ytd, max
"interval": "1d" // Options: 1m, 2m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 60m, 90m, 1h, 1d, 5d, 1wk, 1mo, 3mo
}
}
6. ticker-option-chain
Get option chain data for stocks.
{
"name": "ticker-option-chain",
"arguments": {
"symbol": "AAPL",
"option_type": "call", // Options: "call", "put", "both"
"date": "2024-01-19" // Optional: YYYY-MM-DD format
}
}
7. ticker-earning
Get earnings data including historical and upcoming earnings.
{
"name": "ticker-earning",
"arguments": {
"symbol": "AAPL",
"period": "annual", // Options: "annual", "quarterly"
"date": "2023-12-31" // Optional: YYYY-MM-DD format
}
}
🧪 Testing
Using MCP Inspector
With Stdio Transport (Default)
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector yahoo-finance-server
With HTTP Transport
# Terminal 1: Start server with HTTP transport
yahoo-finance-server --transport http --host localhost --port 3000
# Terminal 2: Connect inspector to HTTP server
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector http://localhost:3000
Manual Testing
python -c "
import asyncio
from yahoo_finance_server.helper import get_ticker_info
async def test():
info = await get_ticker_info('AAPL')
print(f'✅ Stock: {info[\"longName\"]}')
asyncio.run(test())
"
📋 Requirements
- Python 3.11+
- yfinance==0.2.62
- requests>=2.31.0
- pandas>=2.0.0
- mcp>=1.9.3
🤝 Contributing
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch
- Make your changes
- Add tests
- Submit a pull request
📄 License
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.
🔗 Links
- Homepage: GitHub Repository
- Issues: Report Issues
- MCP Documentation: Model Context Protocol
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