Give your AI assistant live SEC filings in 5 minutes (MCP tutorial)
TL;DR: one claude mcp add (or a few lines of JSON for Cursor) gives your agent SEC EDGAR filings with real numbers and source links. Steps below, plus the raw API if you'd rather skip MCP. Ask an LLM for a company's latest revenue and you'll get one of two things: a number from its training data (stale) or a hallucination (worse). This tutorial fixes that in about 5 minutes. You'll give Claude,…
This tutorial demonstrates how to provide an AI assistant with live SEC filings in just five minutes. By establishing a connection between your AI tool (such as Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, or VS Code) and Dataville's API, you can grant your agent real-time access to SEC EDGAR filings. The server simplifies the process, requiring only a few lines of code or a few MCP configurations.
Once connected, you can ask questions like "What were Home Depot's revenue and net income in its latest 10-Q?" and receive answers directly from the actual filing, along with a link back to the source document. The server supports multiple sources, enabling your agent to cross-reference information without additional integrations.
Additionally, the tutorial shows how to make direct HTTP requests to the same API for those who prefer skipping the MCP setup.
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