truesource-mcp
First-hand market signals your AI agent can actually cite.
An MCP server wrapping TrueSource โ a
crawler and AI-retrieval stack that watches things which have already happened
and carry a verifiable source: exchange filings, government procurement awards,
R&D expansion moves, northbound holdings, and official macro releases.
It does not summarise analyst reports and it does not emit buy/sell calls. Every
signal comes with a date and where it came from.
| Tool | What it does | Speed |
|---|
truesource_procurement(days, limit) | Recent government procurement awards โ who is actually winning contracts | fast |
truesource_macro(days) | Macro releases from the statistics bureau, customs and industry bodies | fast |
truesource_daily_brief(symbols) | Signal digest + alert level for a batch of tickers (last 3 days) | fast |
truesource_alert_signals(symbols) | Only signals that crossed an alert threshold (last 26 hours) | fast |
truesource_report(symbol) | Full research report โ 35 pre-built AI-compute names only | fast |
truesource_scout(symbol, name) | Live full collection for any A-share | 30โ60s |
Procurement is the most distinctive one: a contract award is a fact that has
already occurred, which is a harder input than a forecast.
Quick start
You need an API key first โ see below.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"truesource": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["truesource-mcp"],
"env": { "HUNTER_API_KEY": "hunt_tools_xxx" }
}
}
}
Command line
HUNTER_API_KEY=hunt_tools_xxx uvx truesource-mcp
pip install truesource-mcp
HUNTER_API_KEY=hunt_tools_xxx truesource-mcp
API key
This server has no keyless mode, and cannot have one โ the upstream gateway
returns 403 without a key.
The reason is cost: truesource_scout runs real crawlers plus a Gemini search on
every call, so each invocation spends money on third-party APIs. Anonymous
access would be trivially expensive to abuse and impossible to attribute.
Get one at https://hunter.agentpit.io/dev/api-keys โ sign in, click
็ณ่ฏท API Key, copy the hunt_tools_โฆ key (shown once), set it as
HUNTER_API_KEY.
If the key is missing, this server does not return sample data or a fake
success. It returns an error that tells you exactly where to get a key.
Environment variables
| Variable | Default | Notes |
|---|
HUNTER_API_KEY | โ | Required. hunt_tools_ key |
TRUESOURCE_URL | https://hunter.agentpit.io/api/saas/truesource | Point at your own deployment if you self-host |
TRUESOURCE_TIMEOUT | 20 | Seconds. scout gets its own 120s floor regardless |
TRUESOURCE_MAX_ITEMS | 40 | Cap on items per response |
TRUESOURCE_MCP_TRANSPORT | stdio | stdio | streamable-http | sse |
TRUESOURCE_MCP_HOST / _PORT | 0.0.0.0 / 8933 | Remote transports only |
stdio is what Claude Desktop, Cursor and uvx use. Run a remote transport only
if one long-running server should serve several clients โ and prefer
streamable-http, since the MCP spec marks SSE as deprecated.
Three things that will bite you otherwise
grey is not green. In daily_brief, an alert level of grey means no
signal was collected for this ticker in the last 3 days. That may mean the stock
was quiet, or it may mean coverage missed it. It does not mean "safe".
An empty result is a conclusion, not a failure. alert_signals returning
nothing means these tickers crossed no threshold in the last 26 hours. That is
information. This server never dresses an empty result up as an error, and never
fills it with placeholder rows.
Truncation is always disclosed. Responses are capped at TRUESOURCE_MAX_ITEMS
(40 by default). When that bites, the payload carries truncated: true, the real
total, and a note not to draw conclusions from the visible slice. Raise the cap
or narrow the date range instead.
truesource_report also will not silently fall back to scout when a ticker
isn't one of the 35 pre-built names. Scout costs 30โ60 seconds and real money โ
that choice should be made deliberately, not happen behind your back.
Errors you might hit
| Error | Meaning |
|---|
missing_api_key | HUNTER_API_KEY not set โ see API key |
invalid_api_key (401) | Key wrong, incomplete or revoked |
forbidden (403) | Key valid but lacks access to this endpoint |
not_found (404) | For report: ticker isn't a pre-built name โ use truesource_scout |
timeout | scout genuinely takes 30โ60s; raise TRUESOURCE_TIMEOUT |
upstream_down (502/503) | Crawler service is down; retry later |
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