Yahoofinance MCP

🚀 Connecting Financial Data in Claude with Yahoo Finance: A Comprehensive Guide

This guide provides a step-by-step process for integrating Yahoo Finance tools in Claude to access and analyze financial market data.

🚀 Quick Start

📦 Installation

1. Download Docker Ensure that Docker is installed and running on your system. Docker is a necessary component for running this tool.

2. Obtain the Configuration File Create a new file named claude_desktop_config.json and paste the following content into it:

   {
     "mcp": {
       "servers": [
         {
           "name": "Yahoo Finance",
           "executable": "/path/to/your/docker/run.sh",
           "type": "docker_container",
           "config": {
             "DockerImage": "your-docker-image-name",
             "DockerContainerName": "yahoo_finance_server"
           }
         }
       ]
     },
     "global": {
       "log_level": "info",
       "timeout": 30
     }
   }
   

   Note: Replace /path/to/your/docker/run.sh and your-docker-image-name with the actual path and Docker image name you are using.

3. Restart Claude Desktop After installation, restart Claude Desktop to apply the new configuration.

✨ Features

yahoo_finance_current_price

Retrieve the current price information of a specified stock.

Usage

• Parameters:
  • symbol: Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL for Apple Inc.)

Example Question

• "What is the current stock price of AAPL?"

yahoo_stock_performance

View the historical performance of a stock.

Usage

• Parameters:
  • symbol: Stock symbol
  • period: Time range (e.g., "1mo" for one month, "3mo" for three months)

Example Question

• "How has Tesla's stock price performed in the past month?"

yahoo_market_indices

Display the current values of major market indices.

Usage

• Parameters:
  • indices: Index symbol (e.g., SPX for S&P 500, DJI for Dow Jones)

Example Question

• "What are the current index values of the S&P 500 and NASDAQ?"

yahoo_historical_data

Obtain historical data for a specified stock.

Usage

• Parameters:
  • symbol: Stock symbol
  • period: Time range
  • interval: Data interval (e.g., "1d" for daily, "1wk" for weekly)

Example Question

• "What is the stock price data of Microsoft in the past year?"

🔧 Troubleshooting

1. Check Claude Desktop Logs View error messages: tail -n 20 -f ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp*.log

2. Server Connectivity Ensure that Docker is running and you have a valid internet connection.

3. Tool Execution Issues Verify that the stock symbol is entered correctly and ensure a normal network connection.

4. Configuration File Check Ensure that there are no syntax errors in the claude_desktop_config.json file and that the path and image name are correct.

By following the above steps, you should be able to successfully integrate the Yahoo Finance tool in Claude and start analyzing financial market data.