CNN Fear & Greed Index MCP Server

Go package for CNN's Fear & Greed Index, a 0–100 gauge of US stock market sentiment. It returns the current score and rating, the values for the previous close, week, month and year, about a year of daily history, and the seven component indicators (market momentum, stock price strength, stock price breadth, put/call options, market volatility, junk bond demand, safe haven demand), each with its own score, rating…

People who need finance tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Go.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-11 · ★ 2 · #271 OF 283 MAINTAINED FINANCE · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

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01 · Install CNN Fear & Greed Index

Docker

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/wildsurfer/cnnfag:2.2.0

Claude Desktop - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wildsurfer-cnn-fear-and-greed-parse": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/wildsurfer/cnnfag:2.2.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem

license MIT - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.wildsurfer is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What CNN Fear & Greed Index can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v2.2.0 · 2026-08-11

The seven component indicators are now parsed. Result carries MarketMomentum, StockPriceStrength, StockPriceBreadth, PutCallOptions, MarketVolatility, JunkBondDemand and SafeHavenDemand. Each indicator has CNN's 0–100…

v2.1.0 · 2026-08-11

Two new ways to use the index without writing Go: · go install github.com/wildsurfer/cnn-fear-and-greed-parse/v2/cmd/cnnfag@latest. It prints the current index as text, or the full result with history as JSON via…

v2.0.0 · 2026-08-11

v2 is a full rewrite. CNN removed the HTML page that v1 parsed, so v1 stopped working. v2 reads the JSON endpoint that CNN's own page uses. · New API: Get(ctx) returns the current score and rating, the values for the…

04 · Who maintains CNN Fear & Greed Index

CNN Fear & Greed Index is maintained by wildsurfer. We track 2 MCP servers from wildsurfer - 2 actively maintained, 3 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Mar 2021.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/wildsurfer/cnn-fear-and-greed-parse
category: finance - ranked #271 of 283 actively-maintained finance servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 3 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-11)
registry: io.github.wildsurfer/cnnfag (active, first published 2026-08-11)
packages: oci:ghcr.io/wildsurfer/cnnfag:2.2.0

06 · CNN Fear & Greed Index FAQ

What is CNN Fear & Greed Index?

Is CNN Fear & Greed Index still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-11 and it shipped 3 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install CNN Fear & Greed Index?

Run `docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/wildsurfer/cnnfag:2.2.0`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

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