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A live data connector for Claude. Once connected, Claude can pull real ClaudeFinanceLab — IMF Data data directly into any conversation — no copy-paste, no spreadsheet exports, no switching tabs.

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 — IMF Data

✓ By ClaudeFinanceLab
by ClaudeFinanceLab

IMF Data Services MCP server wrapping the free SDMX-JSON API (dataservices.imf.org — no authentication required). 6 tools: get_weo_gdp_growth (WEO real GDP growth forecasts), get_weo_inflation (CPI inflation from WEO), get_weo_current_account (current account balance % GDP), get_weo_unemployment (unemployment rate), get_ifs_exchange_rate (IFS nominal exchange rate to USD), get_country_weo_snapshot (parallel fetch of GDP + inflation + current account for latest 5 years). Uses IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) and International Financial Statistics (IFS) datasets. Supports ISO2 country codes. Covers advanced economies and emerging markets.

🗄️ Financial Data 🔓 No authentication needed sse Commercial
100/100
Public Eval Score
Last tested Sep 1, 2026
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Install Config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claudefinlab-imf": {
      "url": "https://claudefinancelab.com/imf/sse"
    }
  }
}

Full setup walkthrough: Getting Started Guide →

Eval Results — Public Suite (11/11 passed)
✓ tools/list responds Connectivity 49ms
✓ Latency < 5 s Connectivity 27ms
✓ At least 1 tool exposed discovery
✓ Tools have name/description/schema discovery
✓ inputSchema is valid JSON Schema discovery
✓ First tool callable execution 24ms
✓ Response has content execution
✓ Tool call latency < 15 s execution 27ms
✓ 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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