finlight Financial News MCP Server (Official): Install & Setup

Install finlight Financial News in Claude Code

Remote URL

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http finlight-financial-news https://mcp.finlight.me

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "finlight-financial-news": {
      "url": "https://mcp.finlight.me"
    }
  }
}

npm

Claude Code

claude mcp add finlight-financial-news -- npx -y finlight-mcp

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "finlight-financial-news": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "finlight-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What does the finlight Financial News MCP server do?

Real-time financial news: search by ticker, source, and language, with sentiment scores and tagged company entities.

Is the finlight Financial News MCP server free?

The server is free, but you will likely need an account. The server itself is free, but it connects to a service that needs an account or API key, which may have paid tiers. Check the provider for current pricing.

Does finlight Financial News run locally or remotely?

Local + Remote. Can run locally or be used as a hosted remote server.

How do I add finlight Financial News to Claude Code?

Run: claude mcp add --transport http finlight-financial-news https://mcp.finlight.me

More finance, fintech & payments MCP servers

View all

Dodo Payments Docs

dodopayments/dodo-agent-plugin

Dodo Payments: manage payments, subscriptions, customers, products, refunds, license keys and usage-based billing, plus semantic search over the docs.

RemotePaid serviceTypeScript

SimianX AI

SimianX-AI/simianx-skills

8-agent research committee, live analysis and scored news on US stocks and crypto, for any agent.

RemoteAccount needed

Ashare

yli769227-jpg/ashare-mcp

Chinese A-share financial statements: pull annual reports, run industry-aware accounting cross-checks and compare peers with average-equity ROE.

LocalFreePython

Scribo

causa-prima-ai/scribo-mcp

EN 16931-compliant e-invoices: XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X, Peppol BIS, Facturae or US PDF. Free.

RemoteFree

Invinoveritas

babyblueviper1/invinoveritas

AI reasoning, decisions, persistent memory and an agent marketplace paid per use via Bitcoin Lightning, where agents sell services and message each other.

LocalAccount neededTypeScript

Précis Finance

precis-finance/precis-finance-mcp

Public read-only Précis Finance MCP demo with synthetic data; no account or credentials required.

RemoteFree