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      <title>I built 2 MCP servers that make Claude a financial analyst and SEO auditor</title>
      <dc:creator>vdalhambra</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/vdalhambra/i-built-2-mcp-servers-that-make-claude-a-financial-analyst-and-seo-auditor-458h</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;If you use Claude Code or Claude Desktop, you probably know about MCP (Model Context Protocol) — the standard for giving AI agents access to external tools. There are 17,000+ MCP servers out there, but most are basic API wrappers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I built two that try to go beyond wrapping: they add intelligence on top of the data.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  FinanceKit MCP — Financial Market Intelligence
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12 tools.&lt;/strong&gt; The core value is the technical analysis engine — it doesn't just return raw data from Yahoo Finance. It calculates 10 technical indicators, detects patterns, and gives you a plain-English verdict.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ask Claude: &lt;em&gt;"Run technical analysis on NVDA"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You get:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Overall bias: STRONGLY BULLISH&lt;/strong&gt; (quantified: 3.0 bullish vs 0.5 bearish signals)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, SMA(20/50/200), EMA, ADX, Stochastic, ATR, OBV&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pattern detection: Golden Cross, Death Cross, overbought/oversold&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;7 detailed signals like: &lt;em&gt;"MACD bullish — line above signal, both positive. Strong upward momentum."&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Other tools: stock quotes, crypto prices (CoinGecko), market overview (S&amp;amp;P 500, NASDAQ, DOW, VIX, top movers), multi-asset comparison with Sharpe ratios and drawdown, portfolio analysis with sector breakdown.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  SiteAudit MCP — Instant Website Audits
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8 tools.&lt;/strong&gt; Give it any URL and it runs 20+ SEO checks, analyzes security headers, verifies SSL certificates, measures performance, and can compare multiple sites.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ask Claude: &lt;em&gt;"Audit stripe.com"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You get:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Overall: 92/100 (Grade A)&lt;/strong&gt; — SEO: 94, Performance: 90, Security: 90&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Specific issues: "Title too long (66 chars)", "46/75 images missing alt text"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SSL certificate status and expiration&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Performance: 66ms response, gzip compression, no redirects&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;compare_sites&lt;/code&gt; tool is the killer feature for competitive analysis — compare your site against 3 competitors in one command.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also includes &lt;strong&gt;Lighthouse scores and Core Web Vitals&lt;/strong&gt; via Google PageSpeed Insights API, and &lt;strong&gt;broken link detection&lt;/strong&gt; with concurrent checking.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  How to install
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  ⭐ Recommended: MCPize (zero setup, free tier)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The fastest path. No terminal, no Python setup, no config wrestling. Works immediately in Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and Claude Code:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcpize.com/mcp/financekit-mcp" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Install FinanceKit on MCPize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; — Free 100 calls/mo&lt;br&gt;
👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcpize.com/mcp/siteaudit-mcp" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Install SiteAudit on MCPize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; — Free 100 audits/mo&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Or add directly to your MCP config:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight json"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt;
  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"mcpServers"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt;
    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"financekit"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"url"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;"https://financekit-mcp.mcpize.run/mcp"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;},&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt;
    &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"siteaudit"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"url"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;"https://siteaudit-mcp.mcpize.run/mcp"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt;
  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Pricing tiers
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FinanceKit:&lt;/strong&gt; Free ($0) → Hobby ($9) → Pro ($29) → Team ($79) → Business ($179) → Enterprise ($499)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SiteAudit:&lt;/strong&gt; Free ($0) → Hobby ($7) → Pro ($19) → Agency ($49) → Agency Plus ($119) → Enterprise ($349)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bundle:&lt;/strong&gt; Pro Combo (both) = &lt;strong&gt;$39/mo&lt;/strong&gt; (save 19%)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Annual plans get 2 months free.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Advanced: self-hosted (developers)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Prefer to run locally? Both are MIT-licensed and free to self-host — you manage updates and rate limits:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Self-hosted install&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight shell"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="c"&gt;# Claude Code CLI&lt;/span&gt;
claude mcp add financekit &lt;span class="nt"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt; uvx &lt;span class="nt"&gt;--from&lt;/span&gt; financekit-mcp financekit
claude mcp add siteaudit &lt;span class="nt"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt; uvx &lt;span class="nt"&gt;--from&lt;/span&gt; siteaudit-mcp siteaudit

&lt;span class="c"&gt;# Or Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf config&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="o"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"mcpServers"&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="o"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"financekit"&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="o"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"command"&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"uvx"&lt;/span&gt;,
      &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"args"&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="o"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;"--from"&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"financekit-mcp"&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"financekit"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="o"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;,
    &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"siteaudit"&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="o"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"command"&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"uvx"&lt;/span&gt;,
      &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"args"&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span class="o"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;"--from"&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"siteaudit-mcp"&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"siteaudit"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="o"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;
    &lt;span class="o"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="o"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="o"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also on &lt;a href="https://smithery.ai" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Smithery&lt;/a&gt; (one-click install) and &lt;a href="https://pypi.org/project/financekit-mcp/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;PyPI&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For most users, &lt;strong&gt;MCPize is the better choice&lt;/strong&gt; — zero setup, always up-to-date, no infrastructure to manage.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Tech stack
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;FastMCP 3.2&lt;/strong&gt; for the MCP server framework&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;yfinance&lt;/strong&gt; + &lt;strong&gt;CoinGecko API&lt;/strong&gt; for financial data&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;ta&lt;/strong&gt; library for technical analysis calculations&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;BeautifulSoup&lt;/strong&gt; for HTML parsing (SiteAudit)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Google PageSpeed Insights API&lt;/strong&gt; for Lighthouse (free, 25K calls/day)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;TTL-based caching to minimize API calls&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Both are open source (MIT) and now listed on the &lt;strong&gt;Official MCP Registry&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;code&gt;io.github.vdalhambra/financekit-mcp&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;siteaudit-mcp&lt;/code&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/vdalhambra/financekit-mcp" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;financekit-mcp on GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/vdalhambra/siteaudit-mcp" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;siteaudit-mcp on GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What's next
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm working on v1.2 with premium tools for Pro tier and above:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;FinanceKit:&lt;/strong&gt; smart alerts, backtesting, options chains, news sentiment, insider trading, sector rotation, risk metrics&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;SiteAudit:&lt;/strong&gt; extended 50+ SEO checks, competitor gap analysis, scheduled audits, white-label PDF reports, full-site crawler, WCAG accessibility checks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Support the project
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If these tools are useful to you:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;💎 &lt;a href="https://mcpize.com/mcp/financekit-mcp" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Upgrade to Pro on MCPize&lt;/a&gt; — best way to support + get premium features&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;⭐ Star on GitHub (&lt;a href="https://github.com/vdalhambra/financekit-mcp" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;FinanceKit&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://github.com/vdalhambra/siteaudit-mcp" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;SiteAudit&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;💖 &lt;a href="https://github.com/sponsors/vdalhambra" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;Sponsor on GitHub&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What MCP servers are you building or using? Would love to hear about interesting use cases.&lt;/p&gt;

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