Financial Datasets MCP Server

by financialdatasets Your server? Claim it

answering

Financial Datasets is answering right now. Last checked 3 min ago.

Structured, real-time stock market data for 27,000+ active and delisted U.S. tickers.

Uptime history 71 hours of history

71 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

184 of 184 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

156 ms

Response time

average over 24h

authentication required

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Financial Datasets every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 3 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://mcp.financialdatasets.ai/

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.financialdatasets.ai/

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://mcp.financialdatasets.ai/"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.financialdatasets.ai/"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.financialdatasets.ai/"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

This server publishes 1 more address. The block above uses the one we reach during checks; the full list is under Endpoints below, and the author may intend a particular one for your client.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.financialdatasets.ai/	streamable-http	sign-in	114 ms	3 min ago
https://mcp.financialdatasets.ai/api	streamable-http	needs auth	145 ms	3 min ago

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Financial Datasets — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Financial Datasets?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is Financial Datasets working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 184 of 184 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 156 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Financial Datasets?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does Financial Datasets need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, Financial Datasets answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is Financial Datasets?

It answers our handshake in 156 ms on average, which is faster than 83% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.