EdgarTools MCP Server

Open-source SEC EDGAR toolkit — 11 tools, 7 prompts, every filing type. No API key required.

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What is the EdgarTools MCP server?

Open-source SEC EDGAR toolkit — 11 tools, 7 prompts, every filing type. No API key required. That is what the edgartools mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.

The short version

SEC EDGAR has every filing back to 1994, free — and almost none of it is ready to use. EdgarTools turns any filing into a typed Python object, so a 10-K's revenue is one line instead of an afternoon of XBRL parsing.

Getting it running

Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 1 tool. What each one is for:

  • Contributing — The Contributing tool exposed by this server

What it needs from you

Configuration is passed through the environment: EDGAR_IDENTITY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Things to watch

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

How it compares

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. EdgarTools's toolset — Contributing — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by dgunning; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
ContributingThe Contributing tool exposed by this server.

How to install the EdgarTools MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edgartools": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["edgartools"],
      "env": {
        "EDGAR_IDENTITY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
EDGAR_IDENTITYConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use EdgarTools to Contributing.

Frequently asked questions

It connects EdgarTools to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Contributing) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with EdgarTools directly.