Northdata MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 93 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 18 Apr 2026.
NorthData API for German company, owner, and financial data — with a built-in credit guard.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add northdata-mcp -e 'NORTHDATA_API_KEY=<NORTHDATA_API_KEY>' -- uvx northdata-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"northdata-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"northdata-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NORTHDATA_API_KEY": "<NORTHDATA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.northdata-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["northdata-mcp"]
env = { NORTHDATA_API_KEY = "<NORTHDATA_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"northdata-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"northdata-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NORTHDATA_API_KEY": "<NORTHDATA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"northdata-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"northdata-mcp"
],
"env": {
"NORTHDATA_API_KEY": "<NORTHDATA_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<NORTHDATA_API_KEY> (Your NorthData API key. Obtain one at https://www.northdata.com).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
NORTHDATA_APPROVAL_THRESHOLD (Power-search 'limit' above this requires approve_high_cost=true. Default: 25), NORTHDATA_ABSOLUTE_MAX (Hard ceiling for power-search 'limit'. Default: 100. Flag-immune), NORTHDATA_CREDIT_LOG (Path to the local credit log file. Default: ~/.northdata/credits.jsonl).
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