# yfinance-mcp-server

> A comprehensive yfinance MCP server providing access to Yahoo Finance 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/yfinance-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/yourusername/yfinance-mcp-server
- repository: https://github.com/yourusername/yfinance-mcp-server/issues
- version: 1.0.4
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, model-context-protocol, yfinance, yahoo-finance, stocks, financial-data
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:yfinance-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# YFinance MCP Server

A fully-featured **Model Context Protocol (MCP)** server that exposes nearly all of Yahoo Finance’s capabilities through simple, typed MCP tools.  
Built with [FastMCP](https://gofastmcp.com) so you can plug it straight into any LLM workflow, agent framework, or the official MCP client SDK.

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## Features

* 25+ tools covering:
  * Price history (single & multiple tickers)
  * Financial statements (income, balance sheet, cash-flow)
  * Analyst data (recommendations, price targets, earnings estimates)
  * Ownership & insider transactions
  * Dividends, splits & actions
  * Options chains
  * News & earnings calendar
  * Fund / ETF holdings
  * ESG & sustainability metrics
  * Stock screeners & search utilities
  * Batch operations & yfinance global configuration
* Pure-Python, zero external services required.
* Exposes both **STDIO** (default) and **HTTP/SSE** transports if you want to serve over the network.

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## Requirements

* Python 3.10+
* **pipx** (for MCP client integration)

All dependencies are listed in `requirements.txt` (generated below).

```
pandas
yfinance
fastmcp
```

> If you already installed packages manually you can skip the next step.

### Installing pipx

If you don't have pipx installed, install it first:

**macOS:**
```bash
brew install pipx
```

**Linux/Ubuntu:**
```bash
sudo apt install pipx
# or
python3 -m pip install --user pipx
```

**Windows:**
```bash
python -m pip install --user pipx
```

After installation, ensure pipx is in your PATH:
```bash
pipx ensurepath
```

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## Installation

### Option 1: Install from PyPI (Recommended)

```bash
pip install yfinance-mcp-server
```

### Option 2: Install from source

```bash
# 1) Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/itsmejay80/yfinance-mcp-server.git
cd yfinance-mcp-server

# 2) (Optional) create a virtual environment
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# 3) Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

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## Running the …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (1, derived)
- finance.markets (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/yfinance-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-10T16:23:17.454Z)

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