io.github.cyanheads/secedgar-mcp-server
Query SEC EDGAR filings, XBRL financials, and company data via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.
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 351 ms.
- Sign-up?
- None neededIt answered without any account or key.
- Can it change things?
- No, read-onlyAll 16 tools say they only read.
https://secedgar.caseyjhand.com/mcpSource code Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 0.19.1
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
Passed: 16 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 (16)
As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.
- secedgar_company_searchFind companies and retrieve entity info with optional recent filings. Entry point for most EDGAR workflows — resolves tickers, names, or CIKs to entity details, with accession numbers in the result f…Read-only
- secedgar_search_filingsSearch EDGAR filings since 1993. Full-text search covers 2001-present (the EFTS index floor); pre-2001 date ranges (to 1993) are served from the archives by form and entity/date. Pre-2001 free text n…Read-only
- secedgar_get_filingFetch a specific filing's metadata and document content by accession number. Returns the primary document as readable text. Use offset/next_offset for multi-page access to large filings (10-K, S-1 ca…Read-only
- secedgar_get_financialsGet historical XBRL financial data for a company. Accepts friendly concept names (e.g., "revenue", "net_income", "assets") or raw XBRL tags. Discover available friendly names with secedgar_search_con…Read-only
- secedgar_get_snapshotBuild a company financial profile in one call: the latest value of every supported XBRL concept, grouped by statement. Reads the filer's complete companyfacts payload once rather than one request per…Read-only
- secedgar_get_material_eventsRetrieve a company's 8-K filings with their item codes decoded, optionally filtered to specific items. 8-K item codes are how material events are actually scoped — 1.01 material agreements, 2.02 resu…Read-only
- secedgar_get_insider_transactionsFetch Form 4 insider transactions (purchases, sales, grants, exercises) for a company by parsing SEC EDGAR ownership XML. Returns the reporting person, their relationship to the issuer, transaction d…Read-only
- secedgar_get_institutional_holdingsRead an institutional manager's 13F-HR information table for a quarter. company is the filer: a 10-digit CIK, ticker, or name; names outside the ticker file use EDGAR entity search, and ambiguous nam…Read-only
- secedgar_find_holdersFind which institutional managers reported holding an issuer, by searching 13F-HR information tables for one reporting quarter. This is the reverse direction of secedgar_get_institutional_holdings: t…Read-only
- secedgar_get_beneficial_ownersList the 5%-and-over beneficial owners of a public company, parsed from the structured SCHEDULE 13D and SCHEDULE 13G filings made about it. The input is the ISSUER — the company being held — which is…Read-only
- secedgar_get_fund_holdingsList what an ETF or mutual fund holds, parsed from the NPORT-P portfolio report it files with the SEC every quarter. The input is the fund — a ticker like VOO, a fund series ID, or the registrant tru…Read-only
- secedgar_fetch_framesFetch SEC XBRL frames for one concept × one period across all reporting companies. Inline response returns a page of the ranked companies — start at the top or pass offset/next_offset to walk further…Read-only
- secedgar_compare_companiesCompare 2-10 named companies across 1-8 XBRL concepts, aligned on fiscal years (annual) or calendar quarters (quarterly). This is the middle shape between secedgar_get_financials (one company, one co…Read-only
- secedgar_search_conceptsSearch supported XBRL financial concepts by keyword, statement group, or taxonomy. Use before secedgar_get_financials, secedgar_compare_companies, or secedgar_fetch_frames to discover the right frien…Read-only
- secedgar_dataframe_describeDescribe the dataframes (df_XXXXX_XXXXX) registered by the data-returning secedgar_* tools — any tool whose response carries a `dataset` handle stages its full result set here. Pass that handle as `n…Read-only
- secedgar_dataframe_queryRun a single-statement SELECT against the canvas dataframes registered by the data-returning secedgar_* tools — any tool whose response carries a `dataset` handle. Inspect a dataframe with secedgar_d…Read-only
Audit history
- 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.
| Request | Answer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| initialize | HTTP 200 | 351 ms |
| initialized | HTTP 202 | 278 ms |
| tools/list | HTTP 200 | 202 ms |
| resources/list | HTTP 200 | 112 ms |
| prompts/list | HTTP 200 | 103 ms |
| unknown-method | HTTP 200 | 93 ms |
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