A side-by-side look at the Codex MCP and MarketTrace agent Feed MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Codex MCP for finance & fintech work as a local process; choose MarketTrace agent Feed for finance & fintech. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
CODEX_API_KEY.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | M MarketTrace agent Feed | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 41/100 · Fair | 37/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Not declared |
| Required env vars | CODEX_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 25 | — |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Codex MCP | View MarketTrace agent Feed |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"codex-data-codex-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@codex-data/codex-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CODEX_API_KEY": "YOUR_CODEX_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for MarketTrace agent Feed yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.