# mcp-server-plaid

> Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to build fast integration testing with Plaid Sandbox data.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-server-plaid/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.1
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-server-plaid

### Description (declared)

# mcp-server-plaid: A Plaid MCP server

## Overview

A Model Context Protocol server for facilitating integration with Plaid. This server provides tools to generate mock financial data, search Plaid documentation, and interact with sandbox APIs for testing purposes.

### Tools

1. `search_documentation`
   - Search Plaid documentation for relevant information about products or API endpoints using with the help of Bill, the friendly robot platypus who reads our docs for fun.
   - Returns: Detailed information from Plaid's documentation
     
2. `get_mock_data_prompt`
   - Return prompt to generate customized mock financial data for testing

3. `get_sandbox_access_token`
   - Obtain a working access token for the Plaid sandbox environment
   - Returns: Access token and item ID for testing with sandbox mocked data

4. `simulate_webhook`
   - Simulate a Plaid webhook event in the sandbox environment
   - Useful for testing your application's webhook handling
   - Returns: Webhook fired status and status code

## Configuration

### Obtaining API Credentials

1. Sign in to your [Plaid Developer Dashboard](https://dashboard.plaid.com) account
2. Navigate to **Developers** → **[Keys](https://dashboard.plaid.com/developers/keys)**
3. Locate your **sandbox credentials**.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> All `PLAID_CLIENT_ID` and `PLAID_SECRET` references in the following MCP configuration use **sandbox credentials**.

> [!NOTE]
> All snippets below use `uvx`. If you installed via pip, swap `uvx mcp-server-plaid` for `python -m mcp_server_plaid`.

### Usage with Claude Code

Add this to `.mcp.json` in your project root (or `~/.claude.json` for a user-scoped install):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plaid": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-plaid",
        "--client-id",
        "YOUR_PLAID_CLIENT_ID",
        "--secret",
        "YOUR_PLAID_SECRET"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Or use the CLI:

```bash
claude mcp add plaid -- uvx mcp-server-plaid --client-id YOUR_PL…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- finance.banking (1, derived)
- dev.docs-lookup (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-server-plaid/ (first seen 2026-09-10T04:22:04.385Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-plaid/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-server-plaid · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-server-plaid