V-Lab MCP Server

by volatility Your server? Claim it

answering

V-Lab is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago.

Volatility, SRISK, CRISK, liquidity and climate data from NYU Stern's V-Lab, with model forecasts.

Uptime history 91 days of history · worst day 98%

91 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

—

Tools

hidden behind auth

664 ms

Response time

average over 24h

API key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check V-Lab 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 12 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add vlab-mcp --transport http https://vlab.stern.nyu.edu/mcp

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

https://vlab.stern.nyu.edu/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.vlab-mcp]
url = "https://vlab.stern.nyu.edu/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vlab-mcp": {
      "url": "https://vlab.stern.nyu.edu/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "vlab-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://vlab.stern.nyu.edu/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but you need an API key from its owner to call it.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://vlab.stern.nyu.edu/mcp	streamable-http	needs key	696 ms	12 min ago

Alternatives to V-Lab

same job, measured the same way

Eclipse Forecast MCP

by cyan-eclipse-technologies-llc

The Polymarket adapter: the venue's prices, with their criteria and liquidity attached.

local only

Aemet MCP

by jocarrd

MCP server for AEMET: Spain's official forecasts, warnings, observations and climate data.

68 installs/wk local only

Prediction Markets

by memoryapi

Prediction market data and crowd-sourced probability forecasts

3 tools answering

Criora climate risk

by criora

Climate and disaster risk for any place or trip: forecasts, warnings, floods, quakes, countries, map

22 tools answering

AutoTS

by winedarksea

Automated time series forecasting with model search, anomaly detection, and event risk analysis

134 installs/wk local only

MacroView

by macro-view

Macroeconomic and market data for AI agents: rates, credit, volatility, calendars and screeners.

answering

Fertilityclinics

by pooriaarab

US fertility and IVF clinics from the CDC's public data.

11 tools answering

Fertilityclinics

by itsryanarmani

US fertility and IVF clinics from the CDC's public data.

11 tools answering

V-Lab — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for V-Lab?

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 V-Lab working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 664 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect V-Lab?

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 key: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does V-Lab need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, V-Lab 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 V-Lab?

It answers our handshake in 664 ms on average, which is faster than 15% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.