Shibui Finance is a free MCP server that connects Claude to 64 years of US stock market data. These guides cover setup, usage, and specific workflows. The comparisons show where Shibui fits relative to established tools and what each does better.
All of these guides share the same foundation: Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open standard Claude uses to connect to outside data. Instead of uploading spreadsheets or pasting figures Claude might misread, you give it a live, read-only connection to a real financial database and ask questions in plain English. Every guide below is free, uses the same two-minute setup, and returns structured results you can check against the query that produced them. If a guide describes something Shibui cannot do, it says so, because a how-to that hides the limits wastes your time.
Where should I start?
If you are new, the fastest path is the quickstart, How to Get Stock Data into Claude. It walks through the two-minute MCP connection and shows the kinds of questions you can ask once Claude is connected. If you would rather understand what sits behind that connection first, Connect Claude to 64 Years of Stock Data covers what is actually in the pre-built database and why you do not need to assemble it yourself.
From there, pick the guide that matches what you want to do:
- Screen the market by describing criteria in plain English with How to Screen Stocks with AI, including conditions that span multiple periods, like "free cash flow grew every year for five years," or jump straight to the AI Stock Screener.
- Screen for AAOIFI compliance alongside your own filters with How to Screen Halal Stocks with AI, or jump straight to the Halal Stock Screener.
- Stop Claude from inventing numbers by giving it a verified database with Stop Claude from Hallucinating Financial Data.
- Use ChatGPT instead of Claude? See How to Get Stock Data into ChatGPT for setup, or the ChatGPT landing page for the overview.
- Compare Shibui to a tool you already use before switching anything, using the comparisons further down this page.
Every guide is free to read, links to the same two-minute setup, and is honest about what Shibui does not do: end-of-day US equities only, not institutional-grade, no real-time quotes. The data sources page has the full coverage and limitations list, and the about page covers who builds Shibui and why.
Guides
One-click MCP setup. No code, no API keys, no CSV uploads.
Pre-loaded database vs. API passthrough servers compared.
Natural language screening with temporal depth across nearly 10,000 US companies.
The database is already built. Connect in 2 minutes.
AAOIFI compliance checks combined with fundamental analysis and custom scoring.
AI fabricates financial numbers with false confidence. The structural fix moves the hallucination from data to query.
Give Claude a verified database via MCP instead of relying on training data.
Why MCP is replacing REST APIs for AI-native financial analysis.
Daily-refreshed database, not training data. What "live" means and what data Claude gets.
Connect ChatGPT to 64 years of US stock market data via developer mode app.
Why ChatGPT invents numbers and the structural fix via MCP.
Screen for 4, 6, 8+ consecutive quarters of earnings or revenue growth across 10,000 US stocks.
Looking for the tool rather than the how-to? See the AI Stock Screener, the Halal Stock Screener, the Consecutive Growth Screener, or fact-check a stock claim.
SEC Filings
Shibui gives Claude access to 6.4 million SEC EDGAR filing records, including insider transactions (Forms 3/4/5) and major holder disclosures (Schedules 13D/13G). Query filing activity, insider buying patterns, and activist positions in plain English.
Insider trades, major holders, and 342 form types - overview and example queries.
Screen the whole market for insider purchases, combined with fundamentals and technicals.
Track Form 3/4/5 transactions: cluster buying, net buy/sell value, insider timing.
Track activist investor positions and major institutional holders above 5%.
Triage the filing feed by market cap and event type. 8-K filtering and watchlists.
Comparisons
Shibui is not trying to replace a charting platform or a research terminal. These comparisons are honest about where each tool is stronger. The short version: Shibui is built for screening across the whole market and across time in plain English, while the established tools are stronger at real-time charts, polished dashboards, or single-company research. Each comparison page lays out what the other tool does better before explaining where Shibui fits.
Screening across time vs. preset dropdown filters on current values.
Fundamental screening depth vs. real-time charting and Pine Script.
Pattern detection across the market vs. polished research dashboards.
Cross-market screening vs. individual company research with KPIs.
Halal compliance verdicts vs. analytical depth with custom scoring.
Pre-loaded database vs. rate-limited API passthrough for Claude.
Stable pre-loaded database vs. unofficial API scraper for Claude.
Pre-loaded database vs. fundamentals-focused API passthroughs.
Five screeners compared side by side: price, historical depth, AI screening, real-time data.
Where to get free US fundamental data you can export after QuickFS shut down in 2026.
Deep value data, screening, and ownership tracking for less than GuruFocus Premium.
Deep fundamental screening, with and without portfolio tracking.
AI-native financial research tools compared, including the free options.
Financial data free, via API, or in plain English instead of spreadsheet formulas.
Deep fundamentals and analyst estimates, compared on price, coverage, and AI access.
Switching from a specific tool? See all the stock tool alternatives in one place.
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