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Evidence fieldedgar.tools MCPWatchlist candidatePayPal MCPMCP100 Selected
Task fit
Best for
  • Investors/researchers who need read-only SEC filings, company/financial and insider-related research through MCP.
  • Querying invoices, orders, subscriptions, disputes, and shipment information
  • Sandbox prototyping of merchant workflows
  • Teams able to issue, scope, rotate, and monitor PayPal credentials
Not ideal for
  • Users who need brokerage/trading execution or a local open-source SEC MCP implementation.
  • Unattended production payment, refund, or invoice decisions
  • Users without PayPal developer credential management
  • Assistants that only need public PayPal documentation
Avoid when
  • Do not treat retrieved financial/SEC analysis as guaranteed investment advice; validate source filings and timestamps.
  • Production financial actions would execute without explicit confirmation
  • Access tokens must be embedded in committed configuration
  • Merchant-account activity cannot be monitored and credentials cannot be revoked quickly
Provenance
Provenance details

First-party MCP

tools.edgar · Publisher source ↗

First-party MCP

PayPal · Publisher source ↗

Maintenance
Maintenance details

Stale

Repo: Not documented

Package: Not documented

Repo: Not documented

Package: Not documented

Popularity evidence
Package downloads / 30 daysNo reliable download data

2,455

package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-09-08

Client coverage
Client coverage detailsNot documented
Claude Code✓ Local stdio
Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio
Codex✓ Local stdio
VS Code✓ Local stdio
Cursor✓ Local stdio
OpenCode✓ Local stdio
Client coverage noteLocal stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server.
Access and data
Authenticationedgar.tools account authentication/authorization (publisher supports account sign-in methods documented by the service).Local mode uses PAYPAL_ACCESS_TOKEN and PAYPAL_ENVIRONMENT. Remote mode supports PayPal login and consent or token authorization; PayPal publishes separate Sandbox and Production endpoints.
CostTool availability and limits vary by edgar.tools subscription tier.The MCP package is publicly available. Normal PayPal account, transaction, product, API, and merchant-service fees or limits remain applicable.
PermissionsReviewed MCP surface is read-only; capabilities vary by subscription tier.Capabilities depend on enabled tools and the PayPal credential and can include reads and mutations across invoices, orders, subscriptions, disputes, shipments, transaction details, and related merchant resources.
Data handlingCompany/filing queries and returned financial analysis flow through edgar.tools and the connected AI client/provider.The local MCP process sends merchant, customer, payment, and task data to PayPal APIs and returns results to the MCP client. The hosted option processes requests through PayPal's remote MCP service.
Limitations
Tradeoffs
  • Promising signal, but it ranks below the current Selected/Watchlist admission cohort on maturity, uniqueness, publisher trust, security clarity, or MCP-native evidence.
  • The local npm server is portable and publisher documented, but executes package code on the user's machine.
  • The documented `--tools=all` setup is convenient but exposes a broad commerce surface; narrower tool selection is safer where supported.
  • Sandbox reduces financial impact but does not replace production authorization and operational controls.
Risk contextFinancial-data freshness/provenance and reliance on a relatively new hosted service are the main risks; no trading execution is inferred.Production access can create financial loss or customer-facing changes and can disclose transaction data. Start with Sandbox, keep credentials out of files and history, minimize tools, and require approval for every mutation.
Evidence date
Editorial review2026-09-13T00:00:00Z2026-07-24
Candidate evidence2026-09-13T00:00:00Z2026-07-29T20:58:26.000Z

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