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YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop

YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop is an MCP server, listed under finance & payments. Its repository has 37 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-24.

This tool provides stock market data and trading capabilities using the yfinance library, specifically adapted for use with Claude Desktop and requiring no additional credentials.

Install

MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches
○ not recognised
Credential
○ none found

What it connects to

Supported in
Claude Desktop

Unverified means a mention in the server’s own description, not a citation. A wrong claim here costs nothing to correct and nothing to trust yet.

Maintenance

Stars
37
State
stale
Licence
MIT
From the repository

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) tool that provides stock market data and trading capabilities using the yfinance library, specifically adapted for Claude Desktop.

What YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop can do

6 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.

get_stock_quote
Get real-time stock quote information
get_company_overview
Get company information and key metrics
get_time_series_daily
Get historical daily price data
search_symbol
Search for stocks and other securities
get_recommendations
Get analyst recommendations for a stock
get_insider_transactions
Get insider trading information

Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.

YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop compared with similar servers

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YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop (this page)—None listed372025-08-11MIT
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defi-agents—None listed362026-10-10NOASSERTION

Ranked by services in common with YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop

What does YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop do?
This tool provides stock market data and trading capabilities using the yfinance library, specifically adapted for use with Claude Desktop and requiring no additional credentials.
How do I install YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop?
Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/saintdoresh/YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop
Which AI clients can use YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop?
Its own description mentions Claude Desktop. That is a mention in its description, not a test we ran.
Is YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop official and is it maintained?
We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 37 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-08-11.
What licence does YFinance-Trader-MCP-ClaudeDesktop use?
The repository declares the MIT licence.

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