A side-by-side look at the Finance Pulse and Coincap MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Finance Pulse for finance & fintech work as a local process; choose Coincap MCP for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
RAPIDAPI_KEY.get_symbol, find_symbol, search_statements.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | F Finance Pulse | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 55/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | RAPIDAPI_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 92 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 5 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 12 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Finance Pulse | View Coincap MCP |
get_symbolEverything about one company or other entity in one call: counts and sentiment per period, largest topics, storylines, related entities, newest statementsfind_symbolA company's code from its name ("micron" finds `MU`)search_statementsStatements by symbol, sector, theme, topic, storyline, sentiment, minimum importance and time rangetrendingThe developments most outlets are reporting right now, or the top of each recent time slotfind_topicsDevelopments for a symbol, sector, theme or storyline, by velocity, size or recencyget_topicOne development: counts, its mix of news, analysis and reddit statements, its storylines, newest statements with their outletsstorylinesOne company's news grouped into continuing stories: an event, then its follow-ups and reactionsget_storylineOne storyline: its topics in order and its newest statementssentiment_seriesDaily or hourly news volume and sentiment for a symbol, sector, theme or topicscreenSymbols (optionally only equities and ETFs) or sectors ranked by news attention and its change, for the last day, week or any intervalthemesThe standing subjects with their volume and sentiment, optionally only those a symbol or sector appears inreferenceWhat the API holds: the data window, counts, theme ids and accepted filter valuesNo 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": {
"finance-pulse": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"finance-pulse"
],
"env": {
"RAPIDAPI_KEY": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"quantgeekdev-coincap-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"coincap-mcp"
]
}
}
}