A side-by-side look at the Korea Stock MCP and Ticker Scout MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Korea Stock MCP for finance & fintech work as a local process; choose Ticker Scout for finance & fintech over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
DART_API_KEY, KRX_API_KEY.get_disclosure_list, get_corp_code, get_disclosure.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T Ticker Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 59/100 · Good | 42/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | DART_API_KEYKRX_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 177 | — |
| Directory activity | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 8 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Korea Stock MCP | View Ticker Scout |
get_disclosure_listDisclosure Searchget_corp_codeCorporate Code Inquiryget_disclosureDisclosure Report Contentget_financial_statementFinancial Statementsget_stock_base_infoBasic Stock Informationget_stock_trade_infoDaily Trading Informationget_market_typeMarket Type Inquiryget_today_dateToday's Date InquiryNo 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": {
"jjlabsio-korea-stock-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"korea-stock-mcp@latest"
],
"env": {
"DART_API_KEY": "YOUR_DART_API_KEY_HERE",
"KRX_API_KEY": "YOUR_KRX_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"ticker-scout": {
"url": "https://tickerscout.ai/mcp/"
}
}
}