bloomberg-mcp

# BLPAPI-MCP A MCP server providing financial data from Bloomberg's blpapi. Note: A Bloomberg Terminal must be running (BBComm must be accessible) for data access. ## Installation ### Using [UV](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) ```bash uv add git+https://github.com/djsamseng/blpapi-mcp ``` ## Run the MCP Server ```bash uv run blpapi-mcp --sse --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000 ``` ## Using blpapi-cmp from [Cursor](https://docs.cursor.com/context/model-context-protocol) - For project only: create .cursor/mcp.json in your project directory - For global: create `~/.cursor/mcp.json` - Replace the host and port with the MCP server running from above ```json { "mcpServers": { "server-name": { "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse", } } } ``` ## Using blpapi-mcp from [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/claude-code/tutorials#set-up-model-context-protocol-mcp) - Replace the url with the MCP server running from above ```bash claud mcp add --transport sse blpapi-mcp http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse ``` - [Remote hosts for Claude Desktop is still in development](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart/user#1-download-claude-for-desktop) ## Using blpapi-mcp from [Aider](https://aider.chat/) - [Pull request pending](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/pull/3672) ## Development ### Requirements 1. [Install UV](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) ```bash curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh ``` 2. Clone this repository ```bash git clone https://github.com/djsamseng/blpapi-mcp ``` 3. Setup the venv ```bash uv venv source .venv/bin/activate ``` 4. Run the MCP server ```bash uv run blpapi-mcp --sse --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000 ``` 5. Run a test client that starts up it's own server in stdio mode ```bash uv run examples/clients/blp_stdio_client.py ``` 6. Run a test client that uses an existing running sse server ```bash uv run examples/clients/blp_sse_client.py --host http://127.0.0.1 --port 8000 ``` ## Trademark Note This project not affiliated with Bloomberg Finance L.P. The use of the name Bloomberg is only descriptive as towards what this package is used with.