MCP Yahoo Finance MCP Server

A [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) (MCP) server for Yahoo Finance interaction. This server provides tools to get pricing

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What is the MCP Yahoo Finance MCP server?

MCP Yahoo Finance MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on MCP Yahoo Finance directly instead of describing what you should do. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Yahoo Finance interaction. This server provides tools to get pricing, company information and more.

What the assistant can call

Once MCP Yahoo Finance is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • VSCode — The VSCode tool exposed by this server

Setting it up

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @modelcontextprotocol/inspector on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

Choosing this one

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. MCP Yahoo Finance's toolset — VSCode — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by maxscheijen; 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.

Before you rely on it

  • 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.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the mcp yahoo finance mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
VSCodeThe VSCode tool exposed by this server.

How to install the MCP Yahoo Finance MCP server

You can also use docker:

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yahoo-finance": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "IMAGE"]
        }
    }
}

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

Example prompts to try

  • Use MCP Yahoo Finance to VSCode.

Frequently asked questions

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