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| Evidence field | Finance ToolkitWatchlist candidate | Stripe MCPMCP100 Selected |
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| Provenance | ||
| Provenance details | First-party MCP Jeroen Bouma · Publisher source ↗ | First-party MCP Stripe · Publisher source ↗ |
| Maintenance | ||
| Maintenance details | Repo: Aug 13, 2026 Package: Jul 14, 2026 | Repo: Aug 14, 2026 Package: Not documented |
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| GitHub stars | Not documented | 1,743 GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
| 30-day package downloads | 41,272 PyPI Stats package downloads · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z | No reliable download data |
| Shared repository stars | 5,222 Shared repository stars (not MCP-specific) · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z | 1,714 Shared repository stars (not MCP-specific) · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
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| Client coverage details | Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP Codex✓ Streamable HTTP VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP | Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP Codex✓ Streamable HTTP VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP |
| Client coverage note | Local stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server. | |
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| Authentication | The hosted endpoint uses an OAuth consent flow that asks for a Financial Modeling Prep API key on first use. Local stdio uses FINANCIAL_MODELING_PREP_API_KEY or FINANCETOOLKIT_ENV_FILE; inline configuration takes precedence when both are present. Use a dedicated key and remove the MCP entry, local secret, and publisher authorization when access is no longer needed. | The hosted https://mcp.stripe.com endpoint uses Stripe OAuth. Stripe also documents a local npx option using STRIPE_SECRET_KEY; prefer restricted test-mode credentials when local-key authentication is necessary. |
| Cost | The MIT-licensed Finance Toolkit package and MCP documentation list no separate MCP usage fee. The documented Financial Modeling Prep free plan is limited to 250 requests per day, five years of data, and US-listed companies; premium data and some metrics require a paid FMP plan, and normal hosting, client, and model costs may also apply. | Stripe documents no separate MCP access fee. Normal Stripe product, transaction, account, and chosen AI-client charges still apply; ChatGPT custom connector availability also depends on an eligible ChatGPT plan. |
| Permissions | The documented MCP tools retrieve company, market, risk, model, and economic data and calculate financial metrics with the operator's Financial Modeling Prep key. The documented surface does not include brokerage or trade execution. Local setup writes client configuration, and the local server writes a SQLite result cache in the configured Finance Toolkit data directory. | The hosted server receives OAuth access selected during Stripe authorization. The documented tool set includes read operations and write operations such as creating customers, products, prices, payment links, invoices, coupons, refunds, and disputes-related actions; actual access remains bounded by the authorized Stripe account and credential. |
| Data handling | The hosted service receives the Financial Modeling Prep API key through its OAuth consent page, remembers it, fetches live financial data, and returns results to the connected MCP client; hosted retention and logging are not documented. Local mode reads the key from inline environment configuration or a local environment file and caches result DataFrames in SQLite with a documented default 600-second TTL. Finance Toolkit may fall back from Financial Modeling Prep to Yahoo Finance unless the source is enforced. | Requests and tool results pass between the MCP client, Stripe's hosted MCP endpoint, and the connected Stripe account. The server can return account and payment-related records plus Stripe knowledge-base content to the client. A local @stripe/mcp process receives the configured STRIPE_SECRET_KEY. Do not place live secret keys in shared configuration or logs. |
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| Risk context | Protect the Financial Modeling Prep API key, prefer a dedicated credential, and independently verify material financial output. The publisher disclaims responsibility for upstream data accuracy and documents an automatic Yahoo Finance fallback unless a source is enforced. Hosted key retention and logging are not documented, while local mode leaves configuration and cached financial results on disk. | This is a write-capable financial integration. Use test mode for evaluation, least privilege, explicit confirmation for every mutation, separate untrusted web content from payment actions, and revoke MCP sessions promptly when no longer needed. This review relies on publisher documentation and does not claim MCP100 execution testing. |
| Evidence date | ||
| Editorial review | 2026-08-14 | 2026-07-24 |
| Candidate evidence | 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z | 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z |
Popularity, maintenance, fit, permissions, and client support are independent evidence fields.
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