README - Yahoo Finance MCP Server by tooyipjee

Yahoo Finance MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides financial market data from Yahoo Finance. Integrate real-time stock quotes, market data, and historical stock information with Claude and other MCP-compatible assistants, without requiring API keys.

Visualization and Analysis Capabilities

This MCP server enables powerful financial data visualization and analysis through Claude:

Market Sentiment Analysis Dashboard showing real-time index performance, fear/greed indicators, and historical trends

Portfolio Performance Tracking Track your tech portfolio performance with detailed metrics and visualizations

Stock Price Technical Analysis Deep dive technical analysis with price trends, moving averages, and performance insights

Features

Stock Quotes: Get current stock price, change, range, volume, and other key metrics
Market Indices: Retrieve data for major market indices like S&P 500, Dow Jones, NASDAQ
Historical Data: Fetch and analyze historical stock data with customizable time periods and intervals
Rate limiting: Built-in rate limiting to ensure reliable access to Yahoo Finance
Sentiment Analysis: Visualize market sentiment with fear/greed indicators and trend analysis
Portfolio Tracking: Monitor your investment portfolio performance over time
Technical Analysis: Access moving averages, price trends, and performance metrics
Visual Dashboards: Generate comprehensive financial dashboards for better insights

Installation

Using Docker (Recommended)

The most reliable way to run the server is using Docker:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/jasontoo/yahoofinance-mcp.git
cd yahoofinance-mcp

# Build the Docker image
docker build -t yahoofinance-mcp .

# Run the container
docker run -i --rm yahoofinance-mcp

Integration with Claude Desktop

Download and install Claude Desktop
Create or edit the Claude Desktop configuration file:

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add the Yahoo Finance server configuration using your preferred method:

Docker Option (Recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
   "yahoofinance": {
    "command": "docker",
    "args": [
      "run",
      "-i",
      "--rm",
      "yahoofinance-mcp"
    ]
   }
  }
}

Save the file and restart Claude Desktop

Available Tools

yahoo_stock_quote

Gets current stock quote information from Yahoo Finance.

Parameters:

symbol: Stock ticker symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT, TSLA)

Example output:

Symbol: AAPL
Name: Apple Inc.
Price: $196.34
Change: $1.67 (0.86%)
Previous Close: $194.67
Open: $195.01
Day Range: $194.14 - $197.21
52 Week Range: $124.17 - $197.21
Volume: 54,364,985
Avg. Volume: 55,486,332
Market Cap: $3,026,858,790,912
P/E Ratio: 32.44
EPS: $6.05
Dividend Yield: 0.51%

yahoo_market_data

Gets current market data from Yahoo Finance for major indices.

Parameters:

indices (optional): List of index symbols to fetch (default: ["^GSPC", "^DJI", "^IXIC"])

Example output:

S&P 500
Price: 5,069.76
Change: -75.62 (-1.47%)
Previous Close: 5,145.37
Day Range: 5,062.68 - 5,143.25

Dow Jones Industrial Average
Price: 38,150.30
Change: -532.43 (-1.38%)
Previous Close: 38,682.73
Day Range: 38,113.08 - 38,672.04

NASDAQ Composite
Price: 16,180.21
Change: -240.32 (-1.46%)
Previous Close: 16,420.52
Day Range: 16,111.78 - 16,405.25

yahoo_stock_history

Gets historical stock data from Yahoo Finance.

Parameters:

symbol: Stock ticker symbol
period (optional): Time period ("1d", "5d", "1mo", "3mo", "6mo", "1y", "2y", "5y", "10y", "ytd", "max")
interval (optional): Data interval ("1m", "2m", "5m", "15m", "30m", "60m", "90m", "1h", "1d", "5d", "1wk", "1mo", "3mo")

Example output:

Historical data for AAPL (1mo, 1d intervals)
Currency: USD
Trading Period: 8/24/2023 to 9/25/2023

Date       | Open     | High     | Low      | Close    | Volume
-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------------
8/25/2023  | $181.21  | $181.82  | $180.3   | $181.72  | 38,324,242
8/30/2023  | $185.3   | $187.85  | $184.94  | $187.65  | 60,295,151
9/5/2023   | $188.28  | $189.98  | $187.61  | $189.7   | 45,768,330
9/11/2023  | $174.79  | $175.1   | $173.73  | $174.75  | 63,746,501
9/15/2023  | $175.83  | $176.1   | $173.82  | $175.01  | 93,033,436
9/21/2023  | $174.26  | $177.08  | $174.22  | $176.97  | 66,097,991
9/25/2023  | $175.03  | $176.97  | $173.35  | $176.08  | 63,523,374

Price Change: $-5.13 (-2.83%)

yahoo_company_financials

Gets financial statement data for a company from Yahoo Finance.

Parameters:

symbol: Stock ticker symbol
statement (optional): Financial statement type ("income", "balance", "cash", or "all")
period (optional): Time period ("annual" or "quarterly")

yahoo_stock_news_sentiment

Gets recent news articles and sentiment analysis for a stock.

Parameters:

symbol (optional): Stock ticker symbol (omit for general market news)
count (optional): Number of news items to retrieve (max 10)

Example Prompts

Once the server is connected to Claude, you can ask questions like:

"What's the current price of AAPL stock?"
"How has Tesla stock performed over the past month?"
"Show me the current values of major market indices."
"What's the stock price history for MSFT over the last year?"
"Compare the performance of GOOGL and AMZN over the past 3 months."
"What's the 52-week range for NVDA?"
"How has the S&P 500 performed today?"
"Create a market sentiment dashboard for today's trading."
"Generate a portfolio performance chart for my tech stocks."
"Show me a technical analysis of Tesla stock with moving averages."
"What's the current fear/greed index in the market?"
"Visualize the correlation between S&P 500 and VIX over the past month."

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues:

Claude Desktop Logs:

Check for errors: tail -n 20 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log

Server Connectivity:

Make sure Docker is running if using Docker
Ensure you have an active internet connection

Tool Execution Issues:

Verify ticker symbols are correct
Check if Yahoo Finance API might be rate-limiting requests
Wait a few minutes and try again if you see timeout errors

Config File Issues:

Make sure your claude_desktop_config.json is formatted correctly
Double-check all paths and commands
Restart Claude Desktop after making changes

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.