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Financial news MCP server

Search financial news from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Get the events that answer your question, each with its source.

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mcp.json

// Copy your MCP URL from the Finks API console
// Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "finks-api": {
      "url": "<your MCP URL from the console>",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer fk_test_..." }
    }
  }
}

Ask your agentWhat's moving semiconductor stocks this week?

finks_search

{
  "type": "brief",
  "title": "Samsung Overlaps SK Hynix in Q3 HBM Revenue as AI Memory Surges",
  "published_at": "2026-10-26T07:39:26Z",
  "publishers": ["cryptobriefing.com", "koreaherald.com", "fool.com"],
  "summary": "Surging demand for artificial intelligence memory chips is reshaping the global semiconductor rankings. According to Bernstein estimates, Samsung Electronics generated about $8.7 billion in high-bandwidth memory revenue in the third quarter of 2026, surpassing SK Hynix at roughly $7.6 billion…",
  "url": "https://finks.ai/briefs/2utQaZrwEXBF"
}

Real /v1/search response, test key, 26 Oct 2026. Trimmed. The finks_search tool runs the same search.

How news APIs search today

Most filter by ticker or keyword. Finks takes a plain-English query.

  1. 01

    Pick the filters

    Most news APIs take tickers, topics, keywords or Boolean queries.

  2. 02

    Sort the results

    With many news APIs, the same story arrives from several outlets, and your code decides which to keep.

  3. 03

    Fit the context

    Headlines and summaries come back; the question your agent asked is still yours to answer.

With Finks, your agent sends the question and gets back the events that answer it, each with its source.

What a Finks news result contains

Each result is a deduplicated event with its source attached.

type
What kind of result it is
title
The event's headline
published_at
When it was published
publishers
The outlets it was built from
summary
Finks' summary of the event
url
The full brief on finks.ai

Financial news MCP servers compared

ServerHow you queryWhat comes backBest for

Benzinga, NewsAPI.ai, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage list MCP servers on their own sites; Marketaux and StockNewsAPI do not state one.

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mcp.json

// Copy your MCP URL from the Finks API console
// Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "finks-api": {
      "url": "<your MCP URL from the console>",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer fk_test_..." }
    }
  }
}

Tools: finks_search, finks_get_content, finks_list_filing_events, finks_account, finks_account_usage, finks_search_fields

Who builds with it

  1. 01

    Trading agents

    Know what moved a stock, with the story behind it.

  2. 02

    Research agents

    Track a company or theme across outlets without duplicates.

  3. 03

    Writing agents

    Cite the original report in every story.

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Questions about the financial news MCP server

What is a financial news MCP server?

A financial news MCP server gives an AI assistant such as Claude or Cursor a tool for searching financial news through the Model Context Protocol, so it can check what happened, with sources, while it answers.

Which clients does it work with?

Any MCP-compatible client, such as Claude and Cursor.

Which news sources does it cover?

Finks briefs are built from several news outlets and name the outlets behind each brief. Finks articles are written by Finks.

Is it free?

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Sources

Add financial news search to your agent

Every result comes with its source.

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