findata-mcp

A unified financial data library with an MCP server for code-writing agents.

When an agent queries the MCP (e.g. "equity daily prices"), it receives:

• The findata wrapper function signature
• Full parameter and return-type documentation
• A ready-to-paste code example calling our API

The MCP never fetches live data — it is a documentation server so agents can write correct calls to the findata library.

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Project structure

data-mcp/
├── findata/                         Data library
│   ├── equity_prices.py             get_equity_prices()           yfinance wrapper
│   ├── sp500_composition.py         get_sp500_composition()       fja05680/sp500 (local git clone)
│   ├── fama_french.py               get_fama_french_factors()     Ken French Data Library
│   ├── fred.py                      get_fred_series()             FRED macroeconomic series
│   ├── cboe_volatility.py           get_cboe_volatility_indices() VIX / VVIX
│   ├── coingecko.py                 get_coingecko_ohlcv()         CoinGecko public API
│   ├── file_reader.py               get_file_data()               CSV / Parquet / Excel
│   └── bloomberg.py                 get_bloomberg_data()          blpapi (stub)
├── findata_mcp/
│   └── server.py                    Tool registry + MCP handlers
├── Dockerfile
├── docker-compose.yml
├── .github/workflows/docker.yml     GHCR build + push on every push to main
├── pyproject.toml
└── README.md

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Installation

The recommended way to run findata-mcp is via Docker. The image is published to GHCR on every push to main and includes Codex CLI baked in.

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Codex authenticated on your host machine

1. Authenticate Codex (one-time)

codex auth login    # opens browser → saves to ~/.codex/auth.json

2. Pull and run

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lakshya-aga/data-mcp/main/docker-compose.yml
docker compose up -d

docker-compose.yml mounts ~/.codex read-only so the container inherits your Codex session with no interactive prompts. Named volumes keep generated files and data across restarts.

3. Verify

docker logs data-mcp-findata-mcp-1
# should show: findata-mcp starting on :8000

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Connecting to the server

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "findata": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8000/sse"
    }
  }
}

Python (raw MCP client)

import asyncio
from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
from mcp.client.session import ClientSession

async def main():
    async with sse_client("http://localhost:8000/sse") as (r, w):
        async with ClientSession(r, w) as s:
            await s.initialize()
            res = await s.call_tool("search_tools", {"query": "equity daily prices", "top_k": 3})
            print(res.content[0].text)

asyncio.run(main())

OpenAI Agents SDK

from agents.mcp import MCPServerSse
mcp = MCPServerSse(url="http://localhost:8000/sse")

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MCP tools

Tool	Description
search_tools	Natural-language query → matching function docs + code examples
get_tool_doc	Full reference for one function by exact name
list_all_tools	All wrapper functions with summaries and tags
request_data_source	Ask Codex to implement and register a new data wrapper

search_tools

res = await s.call_tool("search_tools", {"query": "fama french factors", "top_k": 2})

get_tool_doc

res = await s.call_tool("get_tool_doc", {"tool_name": "get_equity_prices"})

request_data_source

res = await s.call_tool("request_data_source", {
    "description": "get World Bank GDP per capita using the wbdata library"
})

Codex writes findata/<module>.py, updates server.py, and hot-reloads the new function into the live registry — no restart needed.

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Environment variables

Variable	Description
OPENAI_API_KEY	Codex auth — skips OAuth if set (alternative to host auth mount)
FRED_API_KEY	Required for get_fred_series. Free at fred.stlouisfed.org
CODEX_CLI_PATH	Override Codex binary path (defaults to codex on PATH)

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findata quick reference

get_equity_prices

from findata.equity_prices import get_equity_prices

df = get_equity_prices(
    tickers=["AAPL", "MSFT"],
    start_date="2024-01-01",
    end_date="2024-12-31",
    fields=["Close"],
    frequency="1d",         # 1d 5d 1wk 1mo 3mo
)

get_fama_french_factors

from findata.fama_french import get_fama_french_factors

df = get_fama_french_factors(factor_model="5", start_date="2010-01-01", end_date="2020-12-31")
# columns: Mkt-RF, SMB, HML, RMW, CMA, RF

get_fred_series

from findata.fred import get_fred_series

df = get_fred_series(["CPIAUCSL", "UNRATE"], start_date="2015-01-01", end_date="2024-12-31")

get_coingecko_ohlcv

from findata.coingecko import get_coingecko_ohlcv

df = get_coingecko_ohlcv("bitcoin", vs_currency="usd", days=90)
# columns: open, high, low, close, volume

get_cboe_volatility_indices

from findata.cboe_volatility import get_cboe_volatility_indices

df = get_cboe_volatility_indices(symbols=["^VIX", "^VVIX"], start_date="2020-01-01", end_date="2024-12-31")

get_sp500_composition

from findata.sp500_composition import get_sp500_composition

members = get_sp500_composition("2024-12-31")   # list[str], ~503 tickers

get_file_data

from findata.file_reader import get_file_data

df = get_file_data("data/prices.parquet", tickers=["AAPL"], start_date="2023-01-01", end_date="2023-12-31")

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Tests

pytest tests/ -v