FinzData

FinzData in Cursor

Point-in-time market data inside Cursor

Bring FinzData's remote MCP server into Cursor. Ask for bars, GEX, COT, 13F and backtests in plain English.

Add to Cursor

Install

Connect FinzData to Cursor

Manual fallback: put this in ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

{"mcpServers": {"finzdata": {"url": "https://api.finzdata.com/mcp"}}}

No key needed to start (last 6 months); a free account (email only) at https://finzdata.com/account?ref=cursor gives 12 months and 1,000 calls/day; to use a key add "headers": {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY"}.

  1. Click Add to Cursor
  2. Approve in Cursor Settings → MCP
  3. Ask the Agent

Try asking the Agent

Plain English prompts

  1. Pull 1-minute ES futures bars for last week and write a pandas VWAP backtest
  2. Run a survivorship-free 12-1 momentum backtest on US stocks since 2005 with run_backtest
  3. Get dealer gamma (GEX) for SPX today and plot call and put walls
  4. Compare CPI as first published vs revised for the last 24 months
  5. Who are the top 13F holders of NVDA?
  6. Show COT positioning for gold futures since 2020

Tools

Available MCP tools

search_datasets, describe_dataset, get_bars, get_futures, get_crypto, get_gex, get_cot, get_13f, get_fundamentals_pit, get_macro_vintage, get_events, run_backtest, survivorship_audit, backtest_export.

Coverage

Point-in-time coverage

16,000+ US stocks that have traded on NYSE and Nasdaq since January 2000, delisted included, point in time; 231 ETFs; 139 futures markets with every contract since 2007; point-in-time options gamma (GEX) for single stocks, ETFs and the major indexes; CFTC COT since 1986; 13F holdings; SEC fundamentals as filed; 18,000+ macro series with every vintage kept; crypto since 2015; 1, 5, 15, 30-minute, hourly and daily bars.

Working outside the editor? Use the same data from Python: pip install finzdata.

Pricing

Full history

Full history from $19 per ticker, $29 per futures market, $195 for 5 years of the whole US market; what you buy is yours to keep. Shop

FAQ

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. No key needed to start with AI preview of the last 6 months. A free account gives 12 months and 1,000 calls per day.

Do I need an API key?

No for preview. Add headers with Authorization Bearer YOUR_KEY to unlock your purchased history.

Which bar sizes?

1, 5, 15, 30-minute, hourly and daily bars are available via get_bars.

Is the data survivorship-free?

Yes. All data is point-in-time with delisted names included.

Does it work in Cursor's background agents/CLI?

Yes. Cursor can call FinzData tools directly for research and backtests.

The FinzData team
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