Quotes, company profiles, fundamentals, earnings and IPO calendars, plus market and company news. For investors and analysts who research stocks with Finnhub market data. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"finnhub": {
"url": "https://finnhub.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"finnhub": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://finnhub.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.
Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:
Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
The AI finds the symbol by name, then reads the quote (price, change, high, low, open, previous close) and the company profile with industry, market cap and exchange.
finnhub_symbol_search finnhub_quote finnhub_company_profile
The AI lists peer companies in the same country and GICS sub-industry, then compares key metrics such as valuation, margins, growth and 52-week ratios.
finnhub_peers finnhub_basic_financials
The AI reads analyst recommendation trends (strong buy to strong sell, by period) and past quarterly EPS, actual against estimated.
finnhub_recommendation_trends finnhub_earnings_surprises
The AI reads the earnings calendar for a date range or symbol and the IPO calendar, so you see which companies report or go public soon.
finnhub_earnings_calendar finnhub_ipo_calendar
The AI reads company news for a symbol over a date range (up to one year back) or general market news by category, and summarizes the headlines.
finnhub_company_news finnhub_market_news
The AI reads Form 3, 4 and 5 insider filings for a company, optionally within a date range, and sums up who bought or sold.
finnhub_insider_transactions finnhub_symbol_search
The login page asks for your Finnhub API key.
Find it on your Finnhub Dashboard after signing up (free tier works). Your API key is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Finnhub API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
Turn on the Finnhub connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
finnhub_quote | read | Real-time quote Real-time quote for a stock — current price (c), change (d), percent change (dp), high (h), low (l), open (o), previous close (pc) and unix timestamp (t). Finnhub REST: GET /quote. |
finnhub_symbol_search | read | Symbol search Search for stock symbols by name or ticker — returns best-matching symbols with descriptions and types. Finnhub REST: GET /search. |
finnhub_company_profile | read | Company profile General company profile — name, country, currency, exchange, industry, market cap, share outstanding, IPO date, logo and more. Provide at least one of `symbol`, `isin` or `cusip`. Finnhub REST: GET /stock/profile2. |
finnhub_company_news | read | Company news Latest company news for a symbol over a date range (up to 1 year back). Finnhub REST: GET /company-news. |
finnhub_market_news | read | Market news General latest market news by category. Finnhub REST: GET /news. |
finnhub_basic_financials | read | Basic financials Key financial metrics for a company — valuation, margins, growth, per-share and 52-week ratios. Finnhub REST: GET /stock/metric. |
finnhub_recommendation_trends | read | Recommendation trends Analyst recommendation trends over time — counts of strong buy / buy / hold / sell / strong sell by period. Finnhub REST: GET /stock/recommendation. |
finnhub_earnings_surprises | read | Earnings surprises Historical quarterly EPS surprises — actual vs. estimated EPS by period. Finnhub REST: GET /stock/earnings. |
finnhub_price_target | read | Price target Analyst price targets for a symbol — high / low / median / mean target. Note: this is a premium-tier Finnhub endpoint (may return 403 on the free plan). Finnhub REST: GET /stock/price-target. |
finnhub_peers | read | Company peers Peer companies for a symbol (same country and GICS sub-industry). Finnhub REST: GET /stock/peers. |
finnhub_insider_transactions | read | Insider transactions Insider transactions (Form 3/4/5 filings) for a company, optionally within a date range. Finnhub REST: GET /stock/insider-transactions. |
finnhub_stock_symbols | read | Stock symbols List all symbols supported on an exchange. Finnhub REST: GET /stock/symbol. |
finnhub_market_status | read | Market status Current market open/closed status and session for an exchange. Finnhub REST: GET /stock/market-status. |
finnhub_earnings_calendar | read | Earnings calendar Upcoming and historical earnings release calendar, optionally filtered by date range and/or symbol. Finnhub REST: GET /calendar/earnings. |
finnhub_ipo_calendar | read | IPO calendar IPO calendar for a date range — upcoming and recent initial public offerings. Finnhub REST: GET /calendar/ipo. |
finnhub_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current usage: the plan, calls used this month, the limit of the plan (the free monthly cap or the Pro fair use limit), remaining, and whether the limit is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
finnhub_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Finnhub tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. | |
finnhub_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited*) Get Pro: unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 a month) on Finnhub (the free tier caps monthly usage). Plans: "monthly" — $9/month; "yearly" — $90/year (2 months free). Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. *A fair use limit applies. For heavy use (near Pro's limit): "plus" or "plus_yearly" — Pro+, $39/month or $390/year, unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 100,000 a month); an existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place (needs confirm: true; the price difference for the rest of the period is charged at once). Otherwise returns a short link to open in your browser (it opens Stripe Checkout); after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
finnhub_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Finnhub Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; Pro continues until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run finnhub_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50 tool calls / month |
| Pro | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited* |
*Pro fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month on this server. For more, write to [email protected].
Pro covers this Finnhub server only. Subscribe with finnhub_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with finnhub_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running finnhub_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
Check a stock's price and company facts. Compare a company with its peers. See what analysts expect and how earnings turned out. Find upcoming earnings reports and IPOs. Read the latest news for a company or the market. Check insider transactions for a company. See what you can do for the details.
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Finnhub. The server calls the Finnhub API with your own Finnhub access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.
The login page asks for your Finnhub API key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Finnhub API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Finnhub API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Finnhub.
All 15 Finnhub tools are marked read-only.
The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls (fair use limit: 10,000 tool calls a month), for this Finnhub server only. Cancel any time: Pro then runs to the end of the paid period. Run finnhub_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run finnhub_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run finnhub_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with finnhub_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.
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