BLPAPI-MCP

by djsamseng

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A MCP server providing financial data from Bloomberg blpapi

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Author: djsamseng
GitHub stars: 54
Downloads: 659
Categories: Other

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below

Plugin Name BLPAPI-MCP

Command (node, npx, python, etc.)

Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

From the repository

Install via UV with uv add git+https://github.com/djsamseng/blpapi-mcp, then run the server using uv run blpapi-mcp --sse --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000. The server uses SSE transport and can be configured in tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or Aider (pending).

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "blpapi-mcp": {
            "blpapi-mcp": {
                "command": "uv",
                "args": [
                    "run",
                    "blpapi-mcp",
                    "--sse",
                    "--host",
                    "127.0.0.1",
                    "--port",
                    "8000"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "blpapi-mcp": {
        "command": "uv",
        "args": [
            "run",
            "blpapi-mcp",
            "--sse",
            "--host",
            "127.0.0.1",
            "--port",
            "8000"
        ]
    }
}

BLPAPI-MCP

A MCP server providing financial data from Bloomberg's blpapi.

Note: A Bloomberg Terminal must be running (BBComm must be accessible) for data access.

Installation

Using UV

uv add git+https://github.com/djsamseng/blpapi-mcp

Run the MCP Server

uv run blpapi-mcp --sse --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000

Using blpapi-cmp from Cursor

- For project only: create .cursor/mcp.json in your project directory - For global: create ~/.cursor/mcp.json - Replace the host and port with the MCP server running from above

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-name": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse",
    }
  }
}

Using blpapi-mcp from Claude Code

- Replace the url with the MCP server running from above

claud mcp add --transport sse blpapi-mcp http://127.0.0.1:8000/sse

- Remote hosts for Claude Desktop is still in development

Using blpapi-mcp from Aider

- Pull request pending

Development

Requirements

1. Install UV

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

2. Clone this repository

git clone https://github.com/djsamseng/blpapi-mcp

3. Setup the venv

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate

4. Run the MCP server

uv run blpapi-mcp --sse --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000

5. Run a test client that starts up it's own server in stdio mode

uv run examples/clients/blp_stdio_client.py

6. Run a test client that uses an existing running sse server

uv run examples/clients/blp_sse_client.py --host http://127.0.0.1 --port 8000

Trademark Note

This project not affiliated with Bloomberg Finance L.P. The use of the name Bloomberg is only descriptive as towards what this package is used with.

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Claude Desktop / Cursor

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Installation

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Using blpapi-mcp from Aider

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