Financial Data
Pull quotes, fundamentals, insider activity, and institutional holdings for public companies while validating a fintech or investing side project.
Overview
financial-data is a MCP server for the Idea phase that serves stock prices, financials, insider trades, and institutional holdings for 141K+ companies.
What is this MCP server?
- Coverage described for 141K+ companies in server metadata
- Stock prices, financial statements, insider trades, and institutional holdings tools
- Optional LICIAN_API_KEY for higher rate limits via lician.com developers signup
- Stdio npm package @lician/mcp-server (v1.0.1)
- 141K+ companies referenced in server description
- MCP server version 1.0.1
- npm package @lician/mcp-server with stdio transport
What problem does it solve?
Validating a finance-related product idea stalls when you manually chase quotes, filings, and ownership data across disconnected sites.
Who is it for?
Indie builders prototyping investing apps, dashboards, or AI research agents who want MCP-native company fundamentals.
Skip if: Builders with zero interest in public markets data or those who need guaranteed real-time exchange feeds with regulatory attestations.
What do I get? / Deliverables
After install, your agent can pull structured company and market facts in-thread to inform scope, positioning, and prototype data models.
- Agent tools for prices, financials, insiders, and holdings
- Repeatable research workflows grounded in 141K+ company coverage
- Prototype-ready data access without custom scrapers
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Journey fit
Canonical shelf is Idea because the primary solo-builder win is market and company research before committing to build scope. Research matches structured financial datasets used to compare opportunities, tickers, and competitive landscapes.
How it compares
Finance market-data MCP, not a generic SQL database or payment-processing integration.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is financial-data for?
Solo developers and small teams building finance, research, or analytics agents who want Lician-sourced company data inside MCP tools.
When should I use financial-data?
Use it in Idea and early Validate when comparing tickers, checking insider and institutional activity, or grounding a fintech MVP in real numbers.
How do I add financial-data to my agent?
Register the stdio MCP server @lician/mcp-server from npm, set LICIAN_API_KEY if you want higher limits from lician.com/developers/signup, and restart your agent’s MCP client.