Stock Scanner MCP Server

MCP server providing Claude Code with real-time stock and crypto market data, SEC filings, insider trades, and technical analysis

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What is the Stock Scanner MCP MCP server?

MCP server providing Claude Code with real-time stock and crypto market data, SEC filings, insider trades, and technical analysis. Exposed over MCP by the stock scanner mcp mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

A modular MCP server for Claude Code and Claude Desktop that provides real-time access to stock and crypto market data. Scan markets, check technicals, monitor insider trades, track earnings, analyze options flow, and optionally save your own watchlists and thesis notes from one server.

  • Stock scanning — — screen by price, RSI, volume, market cap with custom filters
  • Technical analysis — — RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, moving averages, pivots across multiple timeframes
  • Options flow — — chains with Greeks, unusual activity detection, max pain, implied move
  • Insider trades — — parsed Form 4 transactions with buy/sell/grant details
  • Earnings & news — — calendar, analyst ratings, company news, short interest
  • Crypto — — real-time quotes, technicals, trending coins, market stats

Adding it to your client

stock-scanner-mcp on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • tradingview_scan — Scan US stocks with custom filters (price, RSI, volume, etc.)
  • tradingview_compare_stocks — Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 stocks
  • tradingview_quote — 15-min delayed quotes for stock tickers (includes pre/post-market)
  • tradingview_technicals — Technical indicators (RSI, MACD, moving averages, pivots)
  • tradingview_top_gainers — Today's top gaining stocks by % change
  • tradingview_top_losers — Today's top losing stocks by % change
  • tradingview_top_volume — Highest volume stocks today
  • tradingview_market_indices — Real-time VIX, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Dow Jones
  • tradingview_sector_performance — S&P 500 sector ETF performance (weekly, monthly, YTD)
  • tradingview_volume_breakout — Stocks with unusual volume (2x+ their 10-day average)
  • crypto_scan — Scan crypto pairs with custom filters across major exchanges
  • crypto_quote — Real-time crypto pair quotes (e.g. BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT)

Configuration

You will need 3 environment variables: FINNHUB_API_KEY, ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY, FRED_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Stock Scanner MCP.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the stock scanner mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

Plenty of planning and project tracking 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. Stock Scanner MCP's toolset — tradingview_scan, tradingview_compare_stocks, tradingview_quote and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by yyordanov-tradu; 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
tradingview_scanScan US stocks with custom filters (price, RSI, volume, etc.)
tradingview_compare_stocksSide-by-side comparison of 2-5 stocks
tradingview_quote15-min delayed quotes for stock tickers (includes pre/post-market)
tradingview_technicalsTechnical indicators (RSI, MACD, moving averages, pivots)
tradingview_top_gainersToday's top gaining stocks by % change
tradingview_top_losersToday's top losing stocks by % change
tradingview_top_volumeHighest volume stocks today
tradingview_market_indicesReal-time VIX, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Dow Jones
tradingview_sector_performanceS&P 500 sector ETF performance (weekly, monthly, YTD)
tradingview_volume_breakoutStocks with unusual volume (2x+ their 10-day average)
crypto_scanScan crypto pairs with custom filters across major exchanges
crypto_quoteReal-time crypto pair quotes (e.g. BTCUSDT, ETHUSDT)
crypto_technicalsTechnical analysis for crypto pairs (RSI, MACD, MAs, Bollinger)
crypto_top_gainersTop gaining crypto pairs by % change

How to install the Stock Scanner MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stock-scanner": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "stock-scanner-mcp", "--enable-workspace"],
      "env": {
        "FINNHUB_API_KEY": "your-key-here",
        "ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY": "your-key-here",
        "FRED_API_KEY": "your-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
FINNHUB_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
FRED_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Stock Scanner MCP to tradingview scan.
  • Use Stock Scanner MCP to tradingview compare stocks.
  • Use Stock Scanner MCP to tradingview quote.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Stock Scanner MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 14 tools (tradingview_scan, tradingview_compare_stocks, tradingview_quote, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Stock Scanner MCP directly.