SEC EDGAR MCP server
Search SEC filings from Claude, Cursor or any MCP client. Get the passage that answers your question, with a link to the filing.
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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 did Intel say about supply chain risk in its latest filing?
finks_search
{
"type": "filing",
"title": "INTEL CORP — 8-K Item 2.02, Results of Operations and Financial Condition",
"published_at": "2026-07-23T20:09:00Z",
"url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50863/000005086326000155/q226earningsrelease.htm",
"passage": {
"section_id": "8-k/ex-99.1",
"text": "…our complex global supply chain supporting our manufacturing facilities and incorporating external foundries, including from disruptions, delays, trade tensions and conflicts, or shortages, including current industry-wide substrate and memory shortages…"
}
}Real /v1/search response, test key, 20 Oct 2026. Trimmed. The finks_search tool runs the same search.
How EDGAR MCP servers search today
Most look up companies by ID. Finks takes a plain-English query.
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Run it yourself
The most-starred open-source server, sec-edgar-mcp, runs locally and takes a CIK, ticker or company name.
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Get the raw parts
Its tools return filing lists, filing text and XBRL statements for your agent to work through.
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Or pay per call
Hosted servers on Apify charge per call and return precomputed signals.
With Finks, your agent asks in plain English and gets back the passage that answers it, with its source.
What a Finks filing result contains
The passage that matches your agent's query, with a link to the filing.
- type
- What kind of source it is
- title
- The filing and the item it came from
- published_at
- When it was filed
- passage.text
- The passage that answers the question
- url
- The filing on sec.gov
SEC EDGAR MCP servers compared
| Server | How you query | What comes back | Access | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finks | A plain-English query | Filing passages, each with its source | API key | Agents that need the passage and its source |
| sec-edgar-mcp (open source) | CIK, ticker or company name | Filing lists, filing text, XBRL statements, insider transactions | Runs locally; declare a User-Agent, no key; AGPL-3.0 | Developers who want raw EDGAR data and XBRL figures, self-hosted |
| Kaleidoscope MCP | Tools for company profiles, fundamentals, and plain-English search over filing sentences | Fundamentals, filing sentences, 13F data | Hosted; invitation-only | Teams with an invitation who want fundamentals and filing search in one server |
| Toolstem (Apify) | Ticker or CIK | Precomputed filing, insider and institutional signals | Hosted; paid per call | Signals without running a server |
The SEC does not list an official MCP server on its developer pages.
Connect it in minutes
terminal
curl -X POST https://data.finks.ai/v1/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer fk_test_..." \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{ "query": "What did Intel say about supply chain risk in its latest filing?" }'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
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Research agents
Answer questions about a company's filings, with the passage cited.
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Trading agents
Bring a company's latest disclosures into your agent's context.
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Writing agents
Quote filings accurately, with a link to the source.
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Questions about the SEC EDGAR MCP server
What is an SEC EDGAR MCP server?
An SEC EDGAR MCP server gives an AI assistant such as Claude or Cursor a tool for searching SEC filings through the Model Context Protocol, so it can look up what a company filed while it answers.
Which clients does it work with?
Any MCP-compatible client, such as Claude and Cursor.
Which filings does it cover?
Reportable events in 8-K filings, plus 10-K and 10-Q reports, each linked to the filing on sec.gov. How far back you can search depends on your plan.
Is it free?
Get set up in minutes. Free tier, no card required.