EdgarTools MCP Server
Open-source SEC EDGAR toolkit — 11 tools, 7 prompts, every filing type. No API key required.
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Published as edgartools on pypi. Runs locally.
Known issues
16 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team. Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.
Most discussed
MCP server fails to start with mcp 2.0.0
Issue Type
- Data Quality Issue (incorrect financial values, missing data)
- XBRL Parsing Issue (statement rendering, concept mapping)
- Filing Access Issue (download failures, attachment problems)
- Performance Issue (slow operations, memory problems)
- Compatibility Issue (platform/dependency conflicts)
- Documentation Issue (unclear instructions, missing examples)
Environment
Read the thread · 2026-07-29 · closed · external user · 2 comments
MCP Server v5.17.0 - Output validation error: outputSchema defined but no structured output returned
Environment:
edgartools version: 5.17.0 mcp version: 1.26.0 Python: 3.12 Client: Claude Desktop (MCP client)
Description: The MCP server in v5.17.0 defines outputSchema in tool definitions but returns text content instead of structured output. This causes all tool calls to fail with:
Output validation error: outputSchema defined but no structured output returned
Steps to reproduce:
Configure edgartools MCP server in Claude Desktop Call any tool (e.g., edgar_company with {"ide
Read the thread · 2026-02-24 · closed · external user · 1 comment
Bug: edgar_filing MCP tool returns null for 10-Q narrative sections (MD&A, Risk Factors, etc.)
Issue Type
- Data Quality Issue (incorrect financial values, missing data)
- XBRL Parsing Issue (statement rendering, concept mapping)
- Filing Access Issue (download failures, attachment problems)
- Performance Issue (slow operations, memory problems)
- Compatibility Issue (platform/dependency conflicts)
- Documentation Issue (unclear instructions, missing examples)
*Environment
Read the thread · 2026-02-19 · closed · external user · 3 comments
Simple docker or uvx mcp server will help.
Feature Category
- New API functionality
- Performance improvement
- Developer experience improvement
- Documentation enhancement
- [ x] Tool/utility addition
Problem Statement
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...] I want to run this on the server instead of desktop as an MCP server.
Read the thread · 2026-02-18 · closed · external user · 2 comments
facts.get_fact() call returns None
Issue Type
- [ x ] Data Quality Issue (incorrect financial values, missing data)
- XBRL Parsing Issue (statement rendering, concept mapping)
- Filing Access Issue (download failures, attachment problems)
- Performance Issue (slow operations, memory problems)
- Compatibility Issue (platform/dependency conflicts)
- Documentation Issue (unclear instructions, missing examples)
Environme
Read the thread · 2026-01-25 · closed · external user · 2 comments
Most recent
MCP edgar_fund(action="portfolio") total_value sums share counts, not dollars
Summary
edgar_fund(action="portfolio")'s total_value field sums share/unit counts
instead of dollars, for every fund. Per-holding records in the same response
are correct — only the aggregate is wrong.
Reproduction
edgartools 5.52.0:
import asyncio
from edgar import set_identity
from edgar.ai.mcp.tools.fund import edgar_fund
set_identity("Your Name your@email.com")
r = asyncio.run(edgar_fund(action="portfolio", identifier="VFINX", limit=5))
print(r.data["total_value"])
p
[Read the thread](https://github.com/dgunning/edgartools/issues/1148) · 2026-08-25 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments
### MCP `edgar_trends(concepts=["revenue"])` returns a different concept depending on `periods`, and is wrong for some companies at every value
## Summary
`edgar_trends(concepts=["revenue"])` does not return revenue. What it returns
depends on the `periods` argument, it is wrong for some companies at every value
of `periods`, and it never signals that anything is off — the caller gets a
plausible number.
`revenue` is the documented value here: `concepts` carries
`"enum": list(CONCEPT_MAP.keys())`, and `CONCEPT_MAP["revenue"] = "Revenue"`.
## Reproduction
edgartools 5.52.0, also on `main` @ aa6dcb04. Right-hand column is the
company'
[Read the thread](https://github.com/dgunning/edgartools/issues/1138) · 2026-08-25 · open · outside contributor · 0 comments
### MCP `edgar_ownership(analysis_type="fund_portfolio")` always returns `holdings: []`
## Summary
`edgar_ownership(analysis_type="fund_portfolio")` returns `"holdings": []` for every
fund. `holdings_count` is populated correctly, so the response looks structurally
valid — an agent consuming it concludes the fund reports no positions.
## Reproduction
edgartools 5.52.0 (also reproduces on `main` at aa6dcb04):
```python
import asyncio
from edgar import set_identity
from edgar.ai.mcp.tools.ownership import edgar_ownership
set_identity("Your Name your@email.com")
r = asyncio.run(e
[Read the thread](https://github.com/dgunning/edgartools/issues/1136) · 2026-08-25 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments
### TenK Item 7 overflows to end-of-document when the TOC parse only anchors a subset of items (Coeur Mining 10-K)
## Issue Type
<!-- Select the primary category for this issue by putting an 'x' in the brackets -->
- [x] Data Quality Issue (incorrect financial values, missing data)
- [ ] XBRL Parsing Issue (statement rendering, concept mapping)
- [ ] Filing Access Issue (download failures, attachment problems)
- [ ] Performance Issue (slow operations, memory problems)
- [ ] Compatibility Issue (platform/dependency conflicts)
- [ ] Documentation Issue (unclear instructions, missing examples)
## Environment
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[Read the thread](https://github.com/dgunning/edgartools/issues/904) · 2026-07-24 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments
### Missing NullHandler in edgar package causes unexpected log output in application environments
## Issue Type
<!-- Select the primary category for this issue by putting an 'x' in the brackets -->
- [x] Data Quality Issue (incorrect financial values, missing data)
- [ ] XBRL Parsing Issue (statement rendering, concept mapping)
- [ ] Filing Access Issue (download failures, attachment problems)
- [ ] Performance Issue (slow operations, memory problems)
- [ ] Compatibility Issue (platform/dependency conflicts)
- [ ] Documentation Issue (unclear instructions, missing examples)
Environment
[Read the thread](https://github.com/dgunning/edgartools/issues/856) · 2026-06-13 · closed · external user · 1 comment
### MCP and API Support for 6-K form type
## Feature Category
<!-- Select the category that best describes your feature request -->
- [ ] New API functionality
- [ ] Performance improvement
- [ ] Developer experience improvement
- [ ] Documentation enhancement
- [x] Tool/utility addition
## Problem Statement
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
Is it possible to support the 6-K form type?
Although this scenario is relatively complex, there are still a large number of non-US companies that urgently need thi
[Read the thread](https://github.com/dgunning/edgartools/issues/788) · 2026-04-23 · closed · external user · 0 comments
### Claude Desktop MCP Configuration Throws Output Schema Errors
## Issue Type
<!-- Select the primary category for this issue by putting an 'x' in the brackets -->
- [ ] Data Quality Issue (incorrect financial values, missing data)
- [ ] XBRL Parsing Issue (statement rendering, concept mapping)
- [ ] Filing Access Issue (download failures, attachment problems)
- [ ] Performance Issue (slow operations, memory problems)
- [x] Compatibility Issue (platform/dependency conflicts)
- [ ] Documentation Issue (unclear instructions, missing examples)
## Environment
[Read the thread](https://github.com/dgunning/edgartools/issues/735) · 2026-03-26 · closed · external user · 1 comment
[See all 16 reports Pod holds for EdgarTools](/mcp/edgartools/issues).
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