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FinancialMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

Helium MCP Server - News, Markets & AI

Real-time news with bias scoring, live market data, and AI-powered options pricingThe vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed public checksAudited Nov 13, 2026

Every public check ran and passed. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit

Does it work?
YesConnected in 179 ms.
Sign-up?
None neededIt answered without any account or key.
Can it change things?
No, read-onlyAll 10 tools say they only read.
Endpointhttps://heliumtrades.com/mcp

Source code Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 1.27.0

What we checked, the evidence, and the tools it offers.

What we checked

Security

  • Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).

  • Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.

Safety labels

  • Passed: Every tool says whether it only reads or can change things.

Tools

  • Note: Some tool text is long, so it uses more of the AI's working memory.

    • get_all_source_biases (5,331 characters)
  • Passed: 10 tools listed.

  • Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.

Protocol

  • Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).

  • Passed: Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest).

  • Passed: Unknown requests are refused.

Connection

  • Passed: The server responds.

Tools (10)

As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.

  • search_newsSearch news articles. Returns a list of matching articles. Each article includes: - article_id, classification_id, title, source, date, link, category, rank, total_shares, summary - bias…Read-only
  • get_tickerGet comprehensive data for a stock, ETF, or crypto ticker. Returns: - ticker, name, type (e.g. 'stock', 'etf', 'crypto'), industry - latest_price, page_url - bullish_case, bearish_ca…Read-only
  • get_source_biasGet comprehensive bias analysis for a news source. Returns: - source_name, slug_name, page_url - source_match: original query and deterministic match method - articles_analyzed: tota…Read-only
  • get_all_source_biasesGet a page of news-source bias scores. Returns sources active within the last 36 days with >100 articles analyzed, sorted by avg_social_shares descending. The response also includes total, o…Read-only
  • get_option_priceGet Helium's proprietary ML model-predicted price for a specific option contract. Helium trains per-symbol regression models on historical options data. This tool looks up the most recent av…Read-only
  • search_balanced_newsSearch Helium's balanced news stories — AI-synthesized articles that aggregate multiple sources. Unlike search_news (which returns individual RSS articles), this returns Helium's own synthes…Read-only
  • search_memesSearch Helium's meme database by text (OCR + caption). Returns matching memes ranked by relevance. Each result includes: - id, caption, ocr (text extracted from the image) - image: full…Read-only
  • get_top_trading_strategiesGet the top-ranked short volatility and long volatility option trading strategies. Returns two ranked lists — short_volatility (sell premium / theta strategies) and long_volatility (buy prem…Read-only
  • get_bias_from_urlGet bias analysis for a specific article by its URL. Use this when you have a direct link to an article and want to know its political leaning, credibility, emotionality, and other bias dime…Read-only
  • get_historical_options_dataGet the full historical options chain for a ticker on a specific date. Returns the complete options chain including all expirations and contracts, with bid, ask, mid prices, greeks, and Heli…Read-only

Audit history

  1. Nov 13Passed

What we sent

Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.

RequestAnswerTime
initializeHTTP 200179 ms
initializedHTTP 202130 ms
tools/listHTTP 200140 ms
resources/listHTTP 20076 ms
prompts/listHTTP 20073 ms
unknown-methodHTTP 200172 ms

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