Finance MCP vs Investor Agent
A side-by-side look at the Finance MCP and Investor Agent MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Finance MCP for finance & fintech work; choose Investor Agent for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Finance MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You have the keys it needs:
FINANCE_BROKER, SEC_USER_AGENT, FRED_API_KEY, FINANCE_LIVE_SOURCES.
Choose Investor Agent when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
get_stock_info, historical_prices, get_options.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 32/100 · Emerging | 57/100 · Good |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | FINANCE_BROKERSEC_USER_AGENTFRED_API_KEYFINANCE_LIVE_SOURCES | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 3 | 347 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 7 |
| Full listing | View Finance MCP | View Investor Agent |
Tools & capabilities
Finance MCP tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Investor Agent tools 7
get_stock_infoStock fundamentals — price, financials, earnings, ownership, analyst ratings, profilehistorical_pricesOHLCV price history (default: 1 year weekly, limit 100)get_optionsOptions contracts sorted by open interest (default: top 25 per type)market_moversTop gaining, losing, or most active stocksearnings_calendarUpcoming earnings reports from NASDAQfear_greed_indexCNN stock market or crypto Fear & Greed indextechnical_indicatorSMA, EMA, RSI, MACD, or Bollinger Bands
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Finance MCP
No confirmed install command for Finance MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Investor Agent
{
"mcpServers": {
"ferdousbhai-investor-agent": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"investor-agent"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Finance MCP is categorized under Finance & Fintech and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Investor Agent belongs to Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Finance MCP for finance & fintech work and Investor Agent for finance & fintech.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client. Finance MCP has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
Finance MCP has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Investor Agent is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add finance-mcp-3 and ferdousbhai-investor-agent as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Finance MCP has a quality signal of 32/100 (Emerging) with 0 views, 0 installs and 3 GitHub stars. Investor Agent has 57/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 347 GitHub stars.