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Connect in 3 steps
  1. Get a free API key — create one here
  2. Copy the install config below into your claude_desktop_config.json
  3. Restart Claude Desktop — the tools appear automatically
Full setup guide (5 min) →
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ClaudeFinanceLab — CFTC Commitments of Traders

✓ By ClaudeFinanceLab
by ClaudeFinanceLab

CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) MCP server wrapping the free public COT data API (publicreporting.cftc.gov — no authentication required). 5 tools: get_cot_legacy (Legacy COT: commercial vs. non-commercial vs. small spec positioning for any futures market), get_cot_disaggregated (Disaggregated COT: producer/processor, swap dealer, managed money, other reportables — available for commodity markets; swap dealer position shows bank futures hedging of OTC books), get_cot_financials (TFF — Traders in Financial Futures: dealer, asset manager, leveraged fund positioning for equity index, rates, FX, and VIX futures), get_cot_net_positioning_history (1-5 year net position history with percentile rank for contrarian signals), list_available_markets (CFTC codes for 25+ major markets). Covers S&P E-mini, Nasdaq, T-Note, T-Bond, EUR/USD, GBP/USD, JPY, WTI crude, gold, silver, corn, BTC, and more.

⚡ Trading & Quant 🔓 No authentication needed sse Commercial
100/100
Public Eval Score
Last tested Sep 1, 2026
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Install Config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claudefinlab-cftc": {
      "url": "https://claudefinancelab.com/cftc/sse"
    }
  }
}

Full setup walkthrough: Getting Started Guide →

Eval Results — Public Suite (11/11 passed)
✓ tools/list responds Connectivity 101ms
✓ Latency < 5 s Connectivity 49ms
✓ At least 1 tool exposed discovery
✓ Tools have name/description/schema discovery
✓ inputSchema is valid JSON Schema discovery
✓ First tool callable execution 1277ms
✓ Response has content execution
✓ Tool call latency < 15 s execution 976ms
✓ Multiple tools callable execution
✓ Bad args return error, not crash resilience
✓ Unknown tool handled gracefully resilience
Tested Sep 1, 2026 · About our eval methodology →
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