Polygon
FreeNot checkedEnables querying real-time and historical financial market data for stocks, options, forex, and crypto, including quotes, trades, technical indicators, and refe
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Enables querying real-time and historical financial market data for stocks, options, forex, and crypto, including quotes, trades, technical indicators, and reference data through a set of MCP tools.
README
MCP server wrapping the Polygon.io Python SDK for stocks, options, forex, and crypto market data.
Installation
cd polygon_mcp
uv pip install -e .
Configuration
Set your Polygon.io API key as an environment variable:
export POLYGON_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"
Usage
Run directly
uv run polygon-mcp
MCP Configuration
Add to your MCP config (e.g., ~/.kiro/settings/mcp.json):
{
"mcpServers": {
"polygon": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["--directory", "/path/to/polygon_mcp", "run", "polygon-mcp"],
"env": {
"POLYGON_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}
Available Tools
Stocks
stocks_get_sma- Simple Moving Averagestocks_get_ema- Exponential Moving Averagestocks_get_rsi- Relative Strength Indexstocks_get_macd- MACDstocks_get_trades- Trades for a datestocks_get_trades_v3- Trades v3 APIstocks_get_quotes- Quotes for a datestocks_get_quotes_v3- NBBO quotes v3stocks_get_last_trade- Most recent tradestocks_get_last_quote- Most recent quotestocks_get_daily_open_close- Daily OHLCVstocks_get_aggregate_bars- Candles/barsstocks_get_grouped_daily_bars- Market-wide daily barsstocks_get_previous_close- Previous day OHLCVstocks_get_snapshot- Current snapshotstocks_get_snapshot_all- All snapshotsstocks_get_current_price- Current pricestocks_get_gainers_and_losers- Top movers
Options
options_get_sma/ema/rsi/macd- Technical indicatorsoptions_get_trades- Option tradesoptions_get_quotes- Option quotesoptions_get_last_trade- Most recent tradeoptions_get_daily_open_close- Daily OHLCVoptions_get_aggregate_bars- Candles/barsoptions_get_previous_close- Previous day OHLCoptions_get_snapshot- Option snapshotoptions_build_symbol- Build option symboloptions_parse_symbol- Parse option symbol
Forex
forex_get_sma/ema/rsi/macd- Technical indicatorsforex_real_time_conversion- Currency conversionforex_get_historic_ticks- Historic ticksforex_get_quotes- NBBO quotesforex_get_last_quote- Last quoteforex_get_aggregate_bars- Candles/barsforex_get_grouped_daily_bars- Market-wide dailyforex_get_previous_close- Previous day OHLCforex_get_gainers_and_losers- Top movers
Crypto
crypto_get_sma/ema/rsi/macd- Technical indicatorscrypto_get_historic_trades- Historic tradescrypto_get_trades- Trades in time rangecrypto_get_last_trade- Last tradecrypto_get_daily_open_close- Daily open/closecrypto_get_aggregate_bars- Candles/barscrypto_get_grouped_daily_bars- Market-wide dailycrypto_get_previous_close- Previous day OHLCcrypto_get_snapshot_all- All snapshotscrypto_get_snapshot- Single snapshotcrypto_get_gainers_and_losers- Top moverscrypto_get_level2_book- Order book
Reference
reference_get_tickers- Query tickersreference_get_ticker_types- Ticker type mappingsreference_get_ticker_details- Ticker detailsreference_get_option_contract- Option contract inforeference_get_option_contracts- List option contractsreference_get_ticker_news- News articlesreference_get_stock_dividends- Dividend historyreference_get_stock_financials- SEC financialsreference_get_stock_splits- Split historyreference_get_market_holidays- Market holidaysreference_get_market_status- Market statusreference_get_conditions- Polygon conditionsreference_get_exchanges- Exchange list
Install Polygon in Claude Desktop, Claude Code & Cursor
unyly install polygon-mcpInstalls into Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor & VS Code — handles npx, uvx and build-from-source repos for you.
First time? Get the CLI: curl -fsSL https://unyly.org/install | sh
Or configure manually
Run in your terminal:
claude mcp add polygon-mcp -- uvx polygon-mcpFAQ
Is Polygon MCP free?
Yes, Polygon MCP is free — one-click install via Unyly at no cost.
Does Polygon need an API key?
No, Polygon runs without API keys or environment variables.
Is Polygon hosted or self-hosted?
A hosted option is available: Unyly runs the server in the cloud, no local setup required.
How do I install Polygon in Claude Desktop, Claude Code or Cursor?
Open Polygon on unyly.org, pick your client tab (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor) and press Install — the config is generated automatically, no JSON editing.
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