AgentLadle MCP AKShare

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A MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides 46 financial data tools for AI assistants, covering A-share, HK, US markets, macroeconomics, funds, and derivatives — powered by AKShare.

It enables AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, etc.) to access financial market data through 46 semantic tools — from candlestick history to macro indicators, with unified symbol format, normalized output, and built-in caching/rate-limiting.

Features

• 46 MCP tools across 11 scopes: market, quote, flow, fundamentals, shareholders, content, sector, sentiment, IPO, macro, derivatives
• Unified symbol format: <code>.<market> (e.g. 000001.SZ, 00700.HK, AAPL.US) — automatically converted to each AKShare function's required format
• Normalized output: Chinese column names → English snake_case with unit conversion (万元→元, 亿股→股)
• Built-in infrastructure: TTL cache (history 24h / realtime 10s), token-bucket rate limiter (10 QPS global), retry with fallback sources, asyncio.to_thread async wrapping
• outputSchema: Each tool returns a typed ToolResponse dataclass with structured output schema
• Tool annotations: readOnlyHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint on all tools
• Scope-based loading: Load a subset of tools via AKSHARE_MCP_SCOPES env var (e.g. market,quote)
• AI workflow hints: Each response includes a hint field guiding the next logical step
• Chinese keyword handling: AKShare's Chinese enum parameters (e.g. 北向资金) mapped to English (direction=north)
• Zero-config install — one line to add to your MCP client, no clone or manual setup needed
• Pure Python, cross-platform (Windows / macOS / Linux)

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+ — Download Python
• uv — Install uv

Note: After installing uv, restart your terminal and MCP client (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) to ensure the uv command is recognized.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-akshare": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["agentladle-mcp-akshare"]
    }
  }
}

That's it. uvx will automatically download the package and its dependencies from PyPI — no clone, no manual install, no path configuration.

Optional: Scope filtering

To load only specific scopes (useful for clients with tool count limits):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-akshare": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["agentladle-mcp-akshare"],
      "env": {
        "AKSHARE_MCP_SCOPES": "market,quote,fundamentals"
      }
    }
  }
}

Alternative: pip install

If you prefer managing the environment yourself:

pip install agentladle-mcp-akshare

Then configure:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-akshare": {
      "command": "agentladle-mcp-akshare"
    }
  }
}

Alternative: Run from source (local development)

Clone the repository and run directly:

git clone https://github.com/agentladle/mcp-akshare.git

Then configure your MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-akshare": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["run", "--directory", "/path/to/mcp-akshare", "agentladle-mcp-akshare"]
    }
  }
}

Replace /path/to/mcp-akshare with the actual path to the cloned repository.

Data Flow

AKShare Library (1.18.40)           MCP AKShare Server
──────────────────────              ──────────────────────────────────
stock_zh_a_hist()          ──→     get_candlesticks()
stock_zh_a_spot_em()       ──→     get_quote()
stock_financial_*()        ──→     get_financial_statement/metrics()
stock_hsgt_hist_em()       ──→     get_northbound_flow()
stock_zt_pool_em()         ──→     get_limit_up_pool()
macro_china_gdp()          ──→     get_macro_data()
fund_etf_hist_em()         ──→     get_fund_nav_history()
                                    │
                                    ├── Symbol Normalizer (<code>.<market> → func-specific format)
                                    ├── Param Normalizer (period/adjust/date/keyword enums)
                                    ├── Field Mapper (中文列名 → English snake_case + unit conversion)
                                    ├── TTL Cache (history 24h / realtime 10s / fundamental 1h)
                                    ├── Rate Limiter (10 QPS global, 2 QPS per-interface)
                                    └── Retry + Fallback (primary → backup source)
                                    │
                                    ▼
                              ToolResponse { status, data, hint, cached, source, updated_at }

Tools

46 tools across 11 scopes. All tools are read-only with readOnlyHint=true.

Scope: market (4 tools)

Tool 1: get_trading_days

Get trading days for a market between dates.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
market	string	✅	CN / HK / US
start	string	✅	Start date YYYY-MM-DD
end	string	✅	End date YYYY-MM-DD

Tool 2: get_market_status

Get current trading status for all markets (CN/HK/US). No parameters.

Tool 3: get_security_list

List securities for a market.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
market	string	✅	CN / HK / US
board	string	❌	A-share board: main/chinext/star/bse (default: all)
count	int	❌	Max results (default 100, max 1000)
offset	int	❌	Pagination offset (default 0)

Tool 4: get_exchange_rate

Get major currency exchange rates.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
base	string	❌	Base currency (default CNY)

Scope: quote (5 tools)

Tool 5: get_candlesticks

Get candlestick (OHLCV) data for any asset class — routes to the correct AKShare function based on asset_class × period.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
symbol	string	✅	Security symbol (e.g. 000001.SZ, AAPL.US, 000300.INDEX)
asset_class	string	❌	stock/index/fund/futures (inferred from suffix if omitted)
period	string	❌	1m/5m/15m/30m/60m/day/week/month (default day)
start	string	❌	Start date YYYY-MM-DD
end	string	❌	End date YYYY-MM-DD
adjust	string	❌	none/qfq/hfq (default none)
count	int	❌	Recent N bars (default 100, max 1000)

Tool 6: get_quote

Get latest quote snapshot for one or more symbols.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
symbols	string[]	✅	List of security symbols

Tool 7: get_intraday

Get intraday time-share data.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
symbol	string	✅	Security symbol
date	string	❌	Date YYYY-MM-DD (default: today)

Tool 8: get_depth

Get order book (bid/ask depth).

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
symbol	string	✅	Security symbol

Tool 9: get_trades

Get recent trade ticks.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
symbol	string	✅	Security symbol
count	int	❌	Number of trades (default 100, max 1000)

Scope: flow (4 tools)

Tool 10: get_capital_flow

Get capital flow time series for a stock.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
symbol	string	✅	Stock symbol
period	string	❌	1d/3d/5d/10d (default 1d)

Tool 11: get_northbound_flow

Get northbound/southbound capital flow (Stock Connect).

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
direction	string	❌	north/south (default north)
scope	string	❌	market/stock (default market)
symbol	string	❌	Individual stock (when scope=stock)
start	string	❌	Start date YYYY-MM-DD
end	string	❌	End date YYYY-MM-DD

Tool 12: get_margin_trading

Get margin trading data (financing + short selling).

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
symbol	string	❌	Stock symbol (empty = market aggregate)
start	string	❌	Start date YYYY-MM-DD
end	string	❌	End date YYYY-MM-DD

Tool 13: get_block_trade

Get block trade (大宗交易) records.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
symbol	string	❌	Stock symbol (empty = all market)
start	string	❌	Start date YYYY-MM-DD
end	string	❌	End date YYYY-MM-DD

Scope: fundamentals (8 tools)

#	Tool	Key Parameters
14	get_company	symbol
15	get_financial_statement	symbol, kind (IS/BS/CF/ALL), report, count
16	get_financial_report_latest	symbol
17	get_financial_metrics	symbol, count
18	get_valuation	symbol
19	get_valuation_history	symbol, metric (pe/pb/ps), start, end
20	get_dividend	symbol
21	get_business_segments	symbol, by (product/region)

Scope: shareholders (5 tools)

#	Tool	Key Parameters
22	get_shareholder_top	symbol, holder_type, count
23	get_shareholder_count	symbol
24	get_institutional_holding	symbol, report_date
25	get_insider_trading	symbol
26	get_restricted_release	symbol, start, end

Scope: content (4 tools)

#	Tool	Key Parameters
27	get_news	symbol, count
28	get_news_search	keyword, count
29	get_filings	symbol, count
30	get_research_report	symbol, count

Scope: sector (4 tools)

#	Tool	Key Parameters
31	get_index_constituent	symbol (e.g. 000300.INDEX)
32	get_sector_quote	sector_type (industry/concept), sector_name
33	get_sector_constituent	sector_type, sector_name (Chinese)
34	get_industry_rank	sector_type, count

Scope: sentiment (6 tools)

#	Tool	Key Parameters
35	get_limit_up_pool	date
36	get_limit_down_pool	date
37	get_dragon_tiger_list	start, end, symbol
38	get_hot_rank	market, rank_type, count
39	get_market_anomaly	anomaly_type (rocket/dive/large_buy/large_sell), count
40	get_market_summary	market

Scope: ipo (2 tools)

#	Tool	Key Parameters
41	get_ipo_calendar	market (CN/HK)
42	get_ipo_detail	symbol

Scope: macro (4 tools)

#	Tool	Key Parameters
43	list_macro_indicators	keyword, country, count
44	get_macro_data	indicator_code, start, end
45	get_interest_rate	rate_type (lpr/shibor/libor), start, end
46	get_bond_yield_curve	country (CN/US), date

Scope: derivatives (8 tools)

#	Tool	Key Parameters
47*	get_fund_quote	symbols, fund_type (etf/open)
48*	get_fund_nav_history	symbol, start, end, count
49*	get_fund_holding	symbol, report_date
50	get_futures_quote	exchange (SHFE/DCE/CZCE/CFFEX/INE)
51	get_option_quote	exchange (SSE/SZSE)
52	get_convertible_bond_value	symbol
53	get_forex_quote	pairs
54	get_reits_quote	symbol

*Tools 47-49 cover fund data within the derivatives scope.

Configuration

On first run, a default config file is created at ~/.agentladle/mcp-akshare/config.yaml:

# MCP AKShare Server Configuration
cache:
  ttl_history: 86400       # 24h — historical daily data
  ttl_realtime: 10          # 10s — real-time quotes
  ttl_fundamental: 3600     # 1h — financial statements
  ttl_calendar: 604800      # 7d — trading calendar
  ttl_company: 86400        # 1d — company basic info
  ttl_news: 300             # 5m — news
  max_size: 200             # max cached entries

ratelimit:
  global_qps: 10            # global 10 QPS
  per_interface_qps: 2      # per-interface 2 QPS

retry:
  max_retries: 1
  timeout: 30.0
  retry_delay: 1.0

# Comma-separated scope list (empty = all scopes)
# Available: market,quote,flow,fundamentals,shareholders,content,sector,sentiment,ipo,macro,derivatives
scopes: []

Environment Variables

Configuration can be overridden via environment variables (highest priority):

Variable	Description	Default
AKSHARE_MCP_SCOPES	Comma-separated scopes to load (empty = all)	"" (all)
AKSHARE_MCP_GLOBAL_QPS	Global QPS limit	10
AKSHARE_MCP_PER_IF_QPS	Per-interface QPS limit	2
AKSHARE_MCP_TIMEOUT	Request timeout (seconds)	30
AKSHARE_MCP_MAX_RETRIES	Max retry attempts	1
AKSHARE_MCP_TTL_HISTORY	Cache TTL for historical data (seconds)	86400
AKSHARE_MCP_TTL_REALTIME	Cache TTL for real-time data (seconds)	10

Data Directory Structure

~/.agentladle/mcp-akshare/
├── config.yaml                        # Configuration (auto-created)
└── data/                              # Data directory

Example Usage

The tools are designed with an EAFP (Easier to Ask for Forgiveness than Permission) approach. AI assistants should directly invoke data retrieval tools and rely on the hint field for workflow guidance.

Scenario A: Get stock price history

User: "What's Apple's stock price trend over the last 30 days?"

1. get_candlesticks(symbol="AAPL.US", period="day", count=30)
   → Returns 30 daily OHLCV bars.
   → hint: "Use get_quote for real-time price, or get_financial_metrics for fundamentals."

Scenario B: Fundamental analysis workflow

User: "Analyze Ping An Bank's fundamentals"

1. get_company(symbol="000001.SZ")
   → Returns company overview (industry, listing date, shares).

2. get_financial_metrics(symbol="000001.SZ", count=8)
   → Returns ROE, ROA, margins, debt ratio for 8 periods.

3. get_valuation(symbol="000001.SZ")
   → Returns current PE, PB, PS, dividend yield.
   → hint: "Use get_valuation_history for PE/PB trend."

Scenario C: Discover valid symbols

User: "What stocks are in the CSI 300 index?"

1. get_index_constituent(symbol="000300.INDEX")
   → Returns 300 constituent stocks with weights.

2. get_candlesticks(symbol="600519.SH", count=10)
   → Get candlestick data for a specific constituent.

Scenario D: Market sentiment

User: "How's the A-share market doing today?"

1. get_market_summary(market="CN")
   → Returns up/down/flat counts, limit-up/down counts, total turnover.

2. get_limit_up_pool()
   → Returns today's limit-up stocks with reasons.
   → hint: "Check consecutive_days for multi-day limit-ups."

Tech Stack

Component	Choice	Purpose
MCP Framework	mcp[cli] (FastMCP)	MCP server with stdio/streamable-http transport
Data Source	akshare>=1.18.40	1086+ financial data interfaces (A-share, HK, US, macro, funds)
Config	pyyaml	YAML configuration file
Async	asyncio.to_thread	Wrap sync akshare calls in async MCP handlers
Cache	Built-in TTLCache	TTL + LRU eviction, per-category TTL
Rate Limit	Built-in TokenBucket	Token bucket algorithm, global + per-interface
Output Types	dataclasses	Structured outputSchema (no pydantic dependency)
Build	hatchling	PEP 621 standard build backend
Package Manager	uv	Fast dependency resolution + uv.lock

Project Structure

src/akshare_mcp/
├── __init__.py                # Package version
├── __main__.py               # python -m entry point
├── server.py                 # FastMCP init + tool registration + logging (stderr)
├── config.py                 # Config loading (~/.agentladle/mcp-akshare/config.yaml, singleton)
├── instances.py              # Service singletons (lazy-loaded)
├── models.py                 # Internal data models (dataclass)
├── response.py               # Response builders (success/error/skipped + hint)
├── scopes.py                 # 11 scope definitions + tool mapping
├── tools/                    # Tool layer (thin: parameter validation + response wrapping)
│   ├── market.py             #   scope: market (4 tools)
│   ├── quote.py              #   scope: quote (5 tools)
│   ├── flow.py               #   scope: flow (4 tools)
│   ├── fundamental.py        #   scope: fundamentals (8 tools)
│   ├── shareholder.py        #   scope: shareholders (5 tools)
│   ├── news.py               #   scope: content (4 tools)
│   ├── sector.py             #   scope: sector (4 tools)
│   ├── sentiment.py          #   scope: sentiment (6 tools)
│   ├── ipo.py                #   scope: ipo (2 tools)
│   ├── macro.py              #   scope: macro (4 tools)
│   └── derivative.py         #   scope: derivatives (8 tools)
├── services/                 # Business layer (thick: core logic)
│   ├── base_service.py       #   Base class with config/retry accessors
│   ├── market_service.py     #   Trading days, candlesticks, quotes, depth
│   ├── fundamental_service.py # Financials, valuation, shareholders, IPO
│   ├── flow_service.py       # Capital flow, northbound, margin, block trade
│   ├── news_service.py       # News, filings, research reports
│   ├── sentiment_service.py  # Limit pools, dragon tiger, anomaly, summary
│   ├── macro_service.py      # Macro indicators, interest rates, bond yields
│   ├── sector_service.py     # Index constituents, sector quotes/rank
│   ├── fund_service.py       # Fund quote, NAV, holdings
│   ├── derivative_service.py # Futures, options, bonds, forex, REITs
│   ├── symbol_normalizer.py  # Unified <code>.<market> → function-specific format
│   ├── param_normalizer.py   # Period/adjust/date/keyword enum mapping
│   └── field_mapper.py       # Chinese column → English snake_case + unit conversion
├── output/                   # OutputSchema types (Longbridge-style)
│   ├── common.py             #   ToolResponse wrapper
│   ├── market.py             #   TradingDayItem, SecurityItem, ...
│   ├── quote.py              #   CandlestickItem, QuoteItem, DepthOutput, ...
│   ├── flow.py               #   CapitalFlowItem, NorthboundFlowItem, ...
│   ├── fundamental.py        #   CompanyInfo, FinancialMetricItem, ValuationData, ...
│   ├── shareholder.py        #   ShareholderItem, InsiderTradeItem, ...
│   ├── content.py            #   NewsItem, FilingItem, ResearchReportItem
│   ├── sector.py             #   IndexConstituentItem, SectorQuoteItem, ...
│   ├── sentiment.py          #   LimitPoolItem, DragonTigerItem, MarketSummary, ...
│   ├── ipo.py                #   IPOCalendarItem, IPODetail
│   ├── macro.py              #   MacroIndicatorItem, InterestRateItem, ...
│   └── derivatives.py        #   FundQuoteItem, FuturesQuoteItem, OptionQuoteItem, ...
└── infra/                    # Infrastructure
    ├── cache.py              #   TTL cache with LRU eviction
    ├── ratelimit.py          #   Token bucket (global + per-interface)
    ├── retry.py              #   Retry with exponential backoff
    └── async_wrap.py         #   asyncio.to_thread wrapper for sync calls

License

MIT