A side-by-side look at the Ticker Scout and Xero MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Ticker Scout for finance & fintech work over a hosted endpoint; choose Xero MCP Server for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
XERO_CLIENT_ID, XERO_CLIENT_SECRET, XERO_SCOPES, XERO_CLIENT_BEARER_TOKEN.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T Ticker Scout | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 42/100 · Fair | 57/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | OAuth 2.0 |
| Pricing | Not declared | BYOK (pay the provider) |
| Required env vars | None listed | XERO_CLIENT_IDXERO_CLIENT_SECRETXERO_SCOPESXERO_CLIENT_BEARER_TOKEN |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 372 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Ticker Scout | View Xero MCP Server |
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": {
"ticker-scout": {
"url": "https://tickerscout.ai/mcp/"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"xeroapi-xero-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@xeroapi/xero-mcp-server@latest"
],
"env": {
"XERO_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_XERO_CLIENT_ID_HERE",
"XERO_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_XERO_CLIENT_SECRET_HERE",
"XERO_SCOPES": "YOUR_XERO_SCOPES_HERE",
"XERO_CLIENT_BEARER_TOKEN": "YOUR_XERO_CLIENT_BEARER_TOKEN_HERE"
}
}
}
}