Fear & Greed Index
by ycjcl868
Access CNN's Fear & Greed Index for US stock market sentiment, including Dow Jones Industrial Average index momentum and
What it does
Retrieves real-time CNN Fear & Greed Index data to analyze US stock market sentiment. Provides both the main composite score and seven individual market indicators like VIX volatility and put/call ratios.
How to install
You can install Fear & Greed Index in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport. This server supports remote connections over HTTP, so no local installation is required.
License
MIT
Fear & Greed Index is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the Fear & Greed Index MCP server?
- Fear & Greed Index is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for Fear & Greed Index?
- This profile displays 35 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.7 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Use Cases
Extended AI Capabilities
Add new capabilities to Claude beyond text generation
Example
Access external data sources, execute code, interact with tools and services
Transform Claude from chatbot to action-taking agent
Context Enhancement
Provide Claude with access to relevant context and data
Example
Load project documentation, access knowledge bases, query databases
Get more accurate, context-aware responses
Workflow Automation
Automate multi-step workflows combining AI and external tools
Example
Research → Summarize → Create document → Send notification
Complete complex tasks end-to-end without manual steps
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Ratings
4.7★★★★★35 reviews- ★★★★★Dhruvi Jain· Dec 28, 2024
Fear & Greed Index reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Valentina Agarwal· Dec 16, 2024
Fear & Greed Index is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★Oshnikdeep· Nov 19, 2024
I recommend Fear & Greed Index for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
- ★★★★★Anika Diallo· Nov 19, 2024
According to our notes, Fear & Greed Index benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
- ★★★★★Meera Martinez· Nov 7, 2024
Fear & Greed Index is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
- ★★★★★Meera Zhang· Oct 26, 2024
We evaluated Fear & Greed Index against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
- ★★★★★Ganesh Mohane· Oct 10, 2024
Strong directory entry: Fear & Greed Index surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
- ★★★★★Soo Flores· Oct 10, 2024
Fear & Greed Index has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Mia Jain· Sep 21, 2024
Fear & Greed Index reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Meera Diallo· Sep 17, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Fear & Greed Index is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
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