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LLM & MCP

Give Claude Code (or any agent) a live market feed in one command via the hosted MCP server.

tickstream ships a hosted MCP server (Model Context Protocol) so AI agents read the same live feed your code does — no glue code. Point Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf or any MCP client at it and your agent gains tools for live quotes, streaming and historical backfill.

Connect your agent

claude mcp add tickstream -- npx -y tickstream-mcp

// add to mcp.json / settings
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tickstream": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "tickstream-mcp"] }
  }
}

# the server reads your key from the environment
export TICKSTREAM_API_KEY=sk_live_…

The server authenticates with your API key via the TICKSTREAM_API_KEY environment variable.

No install? Add the hosted remote connector from your dashboard — paste one URL (https://mcp.tick-stream.xyz/<key>/mcp) into Claude → Settings → Connectors, or use the one-click Add to Cursor / VS Code buttons. No Node, no terminal.

Tools your agent gets

Tool	What it does
`get_quote`	Latest trade price for a symbol (ES, NQ, SPX…).
`stream_ticks`	Sample live ticks over a few seconds into context.
`get_book`	Latest Level 2 order-book snapshot (L2 / Pro).
`get_options`	Live option chain with Greeks (Pro plan).
`list_symbols`	Discover covered markets + how to request more.

Use it

Once connected, just ask in plain language — the agent picks the right tool:

# in Claude Code, just ask:
> What is ES trading at right now, and pull the last
  hour of NQ ticks so we can prototype a momentum signal.

Any LLM, without MCP

No MCP client? Expose the REST API as a function/tool — it's plain JSON over HTTP:

# any tool/function-calling LLM can hit REST directly
GET https://api.tick-stream.xyz/v1/quote?symbol=ES
Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…

Feed the docs to your LLM

Want the model to know the whole API up front? The docs are published as plain markdown — give your LLM the URL, or fetch it as context:

File	What
`/llms.txt`	Concise index — endpoints, links, SDKs, plans (the llms.txt standard).
`/llms-full.txt`	The entire docs in one markdown file — streaming protocol, message shapes, REST, symbols, options, SDKs.

For example: “Read https://tick-stream.xyz/llms-full.txt, then write a Python script that streams ES and prints the order-book imbalance.”

tip

The MCP server respects your plan and rate limits, so an agent can't run up surprise usage. LLM/MCP access is included on every plan, including the free Delayed tier.