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Twelve Data MCP Server · 16 tools available to AI Agents
What is the Twelve Data MCP Server?
Connect Twelve Data financial API to any AI agent and access real-time stock quotes, cryptocurrency prices, forex rates, and professional technical indicators through natural language.
What you can do
- Real-Time Quotes — Get current price, open, high, low, volume, and change for any stock
- Historical Data — Retrieve OHLCV candlestick data from 1-minute to monthly intervals
- Technical Analysis — Calculate SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, and Stochastic Oscillator
- Market Scanning — Search and browse available stocks, crypto pairs, and forex instruments
- Company Profiles — Access fundamental data including market cap, P/E ratio, and sector info
- Currency Conversion — Get exchange rates and convert amounts between any currency pair
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your free Twelve Data API Key
3. Start analyzing markets from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client
Built-in capabilities (16)
Convert an amount between currencies
Price touching upper band may indicate overbought, lower may indicate oversold. Get Bollinger Bands
Get company profile and fundamentals
Can filter by exchange. List available crypto pairs
EMA gives more weight to recent prices than SMA. Get Exponential Moving Average (EMA)
Get currency exchange rate
List available forex pairs
Used for trend following and momentum. Get Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)
Get real-time stock quote
Faster and lighter than a full quote. Get current price only
Values above 70 indicate overbought, below 30 indicate oversold conditions. Get Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Common periods: 20, 50, 200. Get Simple Moving Average (SMA)
Values above 80 indicate overbought, below 20 indicate oversold. Get Stochastic Oscillator
Can filter by exchange and partial symbol match. List available stocks
Supports intervals from 1min to 1month. Get historical OHLCV candle data
Can filter by instrument type and exchange. Search for financial instruments
Why Windsurf?
Windsurf's Cascade agent chains multiple Twelve Data tool calls autonomously. query data, analyze results, and generate code in a single agentic session. Paste Vinkius Edge URL, reload, and all 16 tools are immediately available. Real-time tool feedback appears inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor.
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Windsurf's Cascade agent autonomously chains multiple tool calls in sequence, solving complex multi-step tasks without manual intervention
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Purpose-built for agentic workflows. Cascade understands context across your entire codebase and integrates MCP tools natively
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JSON-based configuration means zero code changes: paste a URL, reload, and all 16 tools are immediately available
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Real-time tool feedback is displayed inline, so you see API responses directly in your editor without switching contexts
Twelve Data in Windsurf
Twelve Data and 2,500 other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Twelve Data to Windsurf through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 2,500+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for Twelve Data in Windsurf
The Twelve Data MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 16 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Windsurf only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.
* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
Twelve Data for Windsurf
Every tool call from Windsurf to the Twelve Data MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I get a Twelve Data API Key?
Visit Twelve Data, sign up for a free account, and copy your API key from the dashboard. Free tier includes 800 API credits/day.
What technical indicators are available?
SMA (Simple Moving Average), EMA (Exponential MA), RSI (Relative Strength Index), MACD, Bollinger Bands, and Stochastic Oscillator — all with customizable periods.
Can I get real-time crypto and forex prices?
Yes! Use get_quote or get_real_time_price with any symbol. Crypto pairs like BTC/USD and forex pairs like EUR/USD are supported.
How does Windsurf discover MCP tools?
Windsurf reads the mcp_config.json file on startup and connects to each configured server via Streamable HTTP. Tools are listed in the MCP panel and available to Cascade automatically.
Can Cascade chain multiple MCP tool calls?
Yes. Cascade is an agentic system. it can plan and execute multi-step workflows, calling several tools in sequence to accomplish complex tasks without manual prompting between steps.
Does Windsurf support multiple MCP servers?
Yes. Add as many servers as needed in mcp_config.json. Each server's tools appear in the MCP panel and Cascade can use tools from different servers in a single flow.
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Connect Twelve Data with your favorite client
Step-by-step setup guides for every MCP-compatible client and framework:
Anthropic's native desktop app for Claude with built-in MCP support.
AI-first code editor with integrated LLM-powered coding assistance.
GitHub Copilot in VS Code with Agent mode and MCP support.
Autonomous AI coding agent that runs inside VS Code.
Anthropic's agentic CLI for terminal-first development.
Python SDK for building production-grade OpenAI agent workflows.
Google's framework for building production AI agents.
Type-safe agent development for Python with first-class MCP support.
TypeScript toolkit for building AI-powered web applications.
TypeScript-native agent framework for modern web stacks.
Python framework for orchestrating collaborative AI agent crews.
Leading Python framework for composable LLM applications.
Data-aware AI agent framework for structured and unstructured sources.
Microsoft's framework for multi-agent collaborative conversations.
Give your AI agents the power of Twelve Data MCP Server
Production-grade Twelve Data MCP Server. Verified, monitored, and maintained by Vinkius. Ready for your AI agents — connect and start using immediately.