# Qanat (MCP server)

> Qanat is an MCP server that adds finance tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. An MCP server for quant factor processing and backtesting. It has 294 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx qanat-fdtl.

An MCP server for quant factor processing and backtesting. Qanat is a data platform for quant factors. Give it any source that has a timestamp. It processes the data, stores it, and serves it to your agent over MCP.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/fidetolabs/qanat |
| GitHub stars | 294 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: qanat-fdtl |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Finance |
| Latest release | v0.3.0 (Sep 30, 2026) |
| Last commit | Sep 30, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qanat": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qanat-fdtl"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio qanat -- uvx qanat-fdtl
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "qanat": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qanat-fdtl"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "qanat": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "qanat-fdtl"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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