Finnhub Api
Provides API guidance and assistance for agent workflows.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add finnhub-api npx -- -y @trustedskills/finnhub-api
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"finnhub-api": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/finnhub-api"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
The Finnhub API skill enables AI agents to retrieve real-time financial market data, including stock quotes, forex rates, and cryptocurrency prices. It integrates directly with the Finnhub platform to fetch historical charts, economic indicators, and company fundamentals for automated analysis.
When to use it
- Fetching live stock prices or crypto values for trading bots or dashboards.
- Retrieving historical price data to generate technical analysis charts.
- Accessing forex exchange rates for currency conversion tools.
- Gathering economic indicators like GDP or unemployment rates for market reports.
Key capabilities
- Real-time and delayed financial market data access.
- Support for stocks, forex, and cryptocurrency assets.
- Historical chart data retrieval for trend analysis.
- Company fundamentals and economic indicator queries.
Example prompts
- "Get the current stock price of Apple (AAPL) and show its 30-day historical trend."
- "Retrieve the latest Bitcoin price and compare it to Ethereum's rate."
- "Fetch the GDP growth rate for the United States and visualize the last year's data."
Tips & gotchas
Ensure you have a valid API key from Finnhub, as this skill requires authentication to access market data. Be mindful of rate limits imposed by the underlying Finnhub service during high-frequency requests.
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