Finance MCP Server

Standalone read-only MCP server for:

stock quotes
batch stock quotes
Coinbase spot, buy, and sell prices
Polymarket market search
direct Polymarket market lookup by id or slug

This server uses the official Node MCP SDK and needs Node.js 18+. Run npm install once in the folder, or use the included start scripts and they will bootstrap dependencies automatically.

Files

finance-core.js: shared read-only finance logic used by both MCP and OpenClaw
server.js: MCP stdio server built on the official MCP SDK
start-windows.cmd: Windows launcher
start-linux.sh: Linux launcher
start-macos.sh: macOS launcher
mcp.json: portable LM Studio example config
package.json: metadata and runtime dependencies
package-lock.json: pinned dependency versions for consistent installs
openclaw/: OpenClaw CLI bridge, install scripts, and config snippet

Exposed Tools

get_stock_quote
- input: { "symbol": "AAPL" }
get_stock_quotes_batch
- input: { "symbols": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "SPY"] }
get_coinbase_spot_price
- input: { "pair": "BTC-USD" }
get_coinbase_pair_prices
- input: { "pair": "BTC-USD" }
search_polymarket_markets
- input: { "query": "fed", "limit": 5, "closed": false }
get_polymarket_market
- input: { "marketId": "531202" } or { "slug": "bitboy-convicted" }

Runtime Controls

Optional environment variables:

FINANCE_MCP_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS
- HTTP timeout in milliseconds
- default: 15000
- clamp: 1000 to 60000
FINANCE_MCP_CACHE_TTL_MS
- in-memory response cache TTL in milliseconds
- default: 5000
- set to 0 to disable caching
- clamp: 0 to 300000
FINANCE_MCP_SILENT
- suppress the startup banner in tool-host logs
- recommended for LM Studio: 1

Start The Server

Install dependencies first:

npm install

Directly with Node:

node server.js

With npm:

npm start

With the included launchers:

Windows: start-windows.cmd
Linux: ./start-linux.sh
macOS: ./start-macos.sh

The launchers check for local dependencies and run npm install --no-fund --no-audit automatically if needed.

Windows launcher behavior

start-windows.cmd starts a stdio MCP server. If you run it manually, it will stay open and look mostly idle until LM Studio or another MCP host connects.

That is expected. It is waiting for MCP traffic, not serving an HTTP page.

LM Studio Compatibility

LM Studio's MCP bridge expects newline-delimited JSON over stdio, which is the transport used by the official Node MCP SDK. This repo now uses that same SDK transport, which is why it connects cleanly in LM Studio.

LM Studio mcp.json Example

Windows:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "finance": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\node.exe",
      "args": [
        "C:\\path\\to\\finance-mcp-server\\server.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "FINANCE_MCP_SILENT": "1",
        "FINANCE_MCP_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS": "20000",
        "FINANCE_MCP_CACHE_TTL_MS": "10000"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace both Windows paths with your actual node.exe location and your local finance-mcp-server\\server.js path.

Linux:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "finance": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/finance-mcp-server/start-linux.sh",
      "env": {
        "FINANCE_MCP_SILENT": "1",
        "FINANCE_MCP_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS": "20000",
        "FINANCE_MCP_CACHE_TTL_MS": "10000"
      }
    }
  }
}

macOS:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "finance": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/finance-mcp-server/start-macos.sh",
      "env": {
        "FINANCE_MCP_SILENT": "1",
        "FINANCE_MCP_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS": "20000",
        "FINANCE_MCP_CACHE_TTL_MS": "10000"
      }
    }
  }
}

LM Studio Custom Settings

Recommended settings for LM Studio:

FINANCE_MCP_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MS
- increase upstream API timeout for slower responses
- good starting value: 20000
FINANCE_MCP_CACHE_TTL_MS
- cache repeated requests briefly so tool calls stay responsive
- good starting value: 10000
FINANCE_MCP_SILENT
- suppress the startup banner in LM Studio plugin logs
- recommended value: 1

These are set through the env block in the finance MCP entry.

OpenClaw Compatibility

This repo includes an OpenClaw-friendly CLI bridge so OpenClaw can use the same finance tools without depending on MCP host support. The fastest no-setup usage path after install is:

node finance-tools.js quick

From the repo itself, you can also run:

npm run openclaw:quick

Files:

openclaw/finance-tools.js
openclaw/skill/SKILL.md
openclaw/install-skill-windows.cmd
openclaw/install-skill-posix.sh
openclaw/openclaw-config-snippet.json

OpenClaw CLI Examples

node openclaw/finance-tools.js quick
node openclaw/finance-tools.js stock-quote --symbol AAPL
node openclaw/finance-tools.js stock-batch --symbols AAPL,MSFT,SPY
node openclaw/finance-tools.js coinbase-pair --pair BTC-USD
node openclaw/finance-tools.js polymarket-search --query bitcoin --limit 5
node openclaw/finance-tools.js polymarket-market --slug bitboy-convicted
node openclaw/finance-tools.js config

OpenClaw Skill Install

Windows:

openclaw\install-skill-windows.cmd

Linux or macOS:

./openclaw/install-skill-posix.sh

This installs the sample skill to ~/.openclaw/skills/finance-mcp. The install script copies SKILL.md, finance-tools.js, finance-core.js, server.js, the start scripts, and the npm metadata so the skill folder can run the MCP server locally if needed.

OpenClaw Config Defaults

To make the tool easy for OpenClaw agents to use, add defaults in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json under skills.entries["finance-mcp"].

Example:

{
  "skills": {
    "entries": {
      "finance-mcp": {
        "defaultStockSymbols": ["AAPL", "MSFT", "SPY"],
        "defaultCoinbasePair": "BTC-USD",
        "defaultPolymarketQuery": "bitcoin",
        "defaultPolymarketSlug": "bitboy-convicted",
        "defaultPolymarketLimit": 3,
        "httpTimeoutMs": 20000,
        "cacheTtlMs": 10000
      }
    }
  }
}

Once that is set:

node finance-tools.js quick uses those defaults automatically
node finance-tools.js stock-batch uses defaultStockSymbols
node finance-tools.js coinbase-pair uses defaultCoinbasePair
node finance-tools.js polymarket-search uses defaultPolymarketQuery
node finance-tools.js polymarket-market can fall back to defaultPolymarketSlug

Notes

Stock quotes use Yahoo Finance chart data.
Coinbase uses the public price endpoints for spot, buy, and sell prices.
Polymarket uses the public gamma API.
The server keeps a short in-memory cache to reduce repeated upstream requests.
This is read-only. It does not place trades or authenticate to any exchange.
LM Studio expects mcp.json to be strict JSON. Do not leave // comments or trailing commas in the file.
On Windows, direct node.exe launch is more reliable in LM Studio than wrapping the server with cmd /c.
If you copy this folder somewhere else, run npm install in that folder once before pointing LM Studio at server.js, unless you plan to use the included start scripts for first-run bootstrap.
After editing C:\Users\franz\.lmstudio\mcp.json, fully restart LM Studio so it reloads the MCP server list.
OpenClaw compatibility is provided through the included CLI bridge and skill files, so the same finance actions are available even outside MCP hosts.
start-windows.cmd is a stdio launcher. When started manually, it will stay mostly idle until an MCP host connects.
On Linux or macOS, run chmod +x start-linux.sh start-macos.sh after copying the folder if the scripts are not executable.

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