Exchange MCP vs Research MCP
NSE MCP vs Tapetide MCP
NSE’s MCP is a clean, login-free feed of recent NSE prices and index levels, straight from the exchange. It stops at prices. Tapetide covers the research around them: financial statements, ownership, flows, options and screens, for NSE and BSE companies alike.
Use NSE MCP for
Recent NSE prices, market breadth and index snapshots, without signing in.
Use Tapetide MCP for
Company research, screening, flows, options and long history across NSE and BSE.
They do different jobs, so most people connect both. Your assistant picks the right one for each question.
At a glance
The short version
- Built for
- NSE MCP: Official MCP from the National Stock Exchange of India: five years of end-of-day prices, plus near-live cash-market snapshots.
- Tapetide MCP: Research the whole Indian market: companies, screens, flows, options and history, for any NSE or BSE stock.
- Sign in
- NSE MCP: None. No account, key or login.
- Tapetide MCP: Google sign-in, or a personal API token.
- Cost
- NSE MCP: No price published. Works without an account. Not for commercial use under NSE’s terms.
- Tapetide MCP: Free plan: 50 tool calls a day, 1,000 a month. Paid and enterprise plans available.
- Tools
- NSE MCP: 36 published tools
- Tapetide MCP: 48 published tools
Side by side
What each server can answer
Checked against each server’s published tools and documentation on .
Market research
NSE MCP 2.5/ 9
Tapetide MCP 9/ 9History and backtesting
NSE MCP 0.5/ 2 Tapetide MCP 2/ 2Your broker account
NSE MCP 0/ 3 Tapetide MCP 0.5/ 3Each capability scores 1 for full support and 0.5 for partial. The green bar leads that area.
| Capability | NSE MCP | Tapetide MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Market research | ||
| Instruments covered Which listed instruments it can quote or look up | NSE MCP Partly NSE only, about 5,000 equities. No BSE-only listings. | Tapetide MCP Yes About 8,100 NSE and BSE companies, including SME listings |
| Financial statements P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, ratios | NSE MCP No Index P/E, P/B and yield only. No company statements. | Tapetide MCP Yes 12 years of annual statements and 13 quarters of results |
| Shareholding Promoter, FII, DII and public holding over time | NSE MCP No | Tapetide MCP Yes Quarterly and annual history, MF holdings, promoter pledges |
| Stock screening Filter the market on fundamentals | NSE MCP No Ranked lists like top gainers, not filters | Tapetide MCP Yes 326 fundamental ratios with AND/OR logic |
| Technical indicators RSI, MACD, moving averages, technical screens | NSE MCP Partly Moving average, 52-week range, volume and beta | Tapetide MCP Yes Indicators and technical screens across the market |
| Filings and earnings calls Disclosures, concall and presentation digests | NSE MCP Partly Corporate actions only. No announcements or earnings calls. | Tapetide MCP Yes Earnings-call digests for about 3,400 companies, plus parsed transcripts, annual reports and presentations to read page by page |
| FII / DII flows Institutional buying and selling | NSE MCP No | Tapetide MCP Yes Daily FII/DII since 2014, F&O positioning and FPI by sector |
| Options analytics Chains, IV, Greeks, IV history | NSE MCP No India VIX level only | Tapetide MCP Yes End-of-day chains for 4 indices with Greeks, and IV history for about 556 stocks and indices |
| Index valuations Index PE, PB, dividend yield over time | NSE MCP Yes NSE index snapshots, history and valuation | Tapetide MCP Yes About 140 NSE indices, valuations up to 20 years |
| History and backtesting | ||
| Price history Daily OHLCV depth | NSE MCP Partly 5 years of daily EOD, not adjusted for splits or bonuses. 3 months per call. | Tapetide MCP Yes Daily and weekly OHLCV back to 2000 for older listings, with delivery % |
| Point-in-time data Historical symbols, index membership, adjustment factors | NSE MCP No | Tapetide MCP Yes Historical symbols and ISINs, index membership on a date |
| Your broker account | ||
| Holdings and positions What you own at this broker | NSE MCP No | Tapetide MCP Partly Your Tapetide portfolio, imported from a broker statement. Not a live broker link. |
| Order book and trades Your orders and fills | NSE MCP No | Tapetide MCP No |
| Place orders Buy, sell, modify or cancel from the chat | NSE MCP No | Tapetide MCP No Never places broker orders, by design |
When to use which
Where each one fits
NSE MCP
- A no-login way to pull recent NSE prices and index levels
- Market breadth, top movers and near-live index snapshots
- Learning and education, which is what NSE’s terms allow
Where it stops
- NSE only. Companies listed only on BSE are missing.
- Five years of history, unadjusted, three months per call
- No company financials, shareholding, flows or options
- Data is for informational use. NSE’s terms rule out commercial use and AI training.
- Two separate servers to connect for history and live data
Tapetide MCP
- Researching any listed company, not only the ones you hold
- Screening the market and testing an idea against history
- Following flows, valuations and options across the market
Where it stops
- Does not place orders or read your live broker account
- Options data is end of day, not live
- No intraday candles; price history is daily and weekly
- Free plan is capped at 50 tool calls a day and 1,000 a month
Better together
Questions that need both
“Use NSE MCP for today’s market breadth, then use Tapetide to screen the top advancers for ROCE above 20% and low debt.”
“Compare Nifty 50’s current PE with its 20-year range, then show which constituents trade below their own five-year average PE.”
THE TOOLS
Every tool, side by side
Tool names exactly as each server lists them. Tool counts alone say little; what matters is the data behind each call.
NSE MCP
36 published toolsPrice history (Bhavcopy server)
get_stock_historyget_ltp_by_dateget_bulk_quoteget_52_week_high_lowmoving_averageget_volume_analysiscompare_stocksget_stock_vs_indexget_corporate_actions
Indices
get_index_snapshotget_index_historyget_index_performanceget_index_valuationcompare_indicesget_index_movers
Market movers
get_top_moversget_top_by_volumeget_market_breadthget_market_moodnse_get_gainersnse_get_losersnse_get_market_movers
Live snapshots (CM Market server)
cm_get_live_market_datacm_get_stock_quotecm_get_index_quotecm_get_live_indicescm_get_live_gainerscm_get_live_loserscm_get_equity_stockscm_get_sme_stockscm_get_bond_stockscm_get_call_auction_stockscm_get_allstocks_statuscm_get_data_status
Lookup
nse_lookup_symbolsearch_symbols
Tapetide MCP
48 published toolsFind and screen
search_stocksscreen_stocksscreen_stocks_technicalget_screener_ratiosget_trending_stocks
Company research
get_company_profileget_financialsget_shareholdingget_stock_ownershipget_forecastsget_earnings_call_summaryget_stock_eventsget_stock_dealsget_promoter_pledgeget_credit_ratingslist_company_documentsget_document_summaryread_document
Prices and indices
get_stock_quoteget_batch_quotesget_price_historyget_index_performanceget_index_historymarket_valuations
Market and flows
get_market_pulseget_fii_dii_detailget_fpi_sectorsget_market_datamarket_heatmapget_market_newsget_india_vix
Options
get_option_chainget_option_iv_historyget_options_analytics
Scores and point-in-time
get_tapetide_scorescreen_tapetide_scoresget_adjustment_factorsget_observation_statusget_index_membership_asofresolve_identifier_asofget_identifiers_asof
Your Tapetide portfolio
get_user_portfolioadd_portfolio_stocksupdate_portfolio_stockremove_portfolio_stocksget_watchlistadd_to_watchlistremove_from_watchlist
Common questions
Is the NSE MCP free?
NSE does not publish a price for its MCP, and it works without an account or key. Its terms limit the data to informational and educational use, and rule out commercial use and AI model training.
Does the NSE MCP have company financials?
No. It covers prices, corporate actions, market breadth and index-level PE, PB and dividend yield. There are no company income statements, balance sheets, cash flows, shareholding patterns or earnings calls. Tapetide covers all of these.
Does the NSE MCP cover BSE stocks?
No. It covers about 5,000 NSE-listed equities. Tapetide covers about 8,100 companies across NSE and BSE, including SME listings and companies listed only on BSE.
How much price history does the NSE MCP have?
Five years of daily end-of-day data, returned three months per call and not adjusted for splits or bonuses. Tapetide’s daily history goes back to 2000 for older listings, with adjustment factors so long-run returns stay correct.
Can I use NSE MCP and Tapetide MCP together?
Yes. Both are remote MCP servers, so you can add both to Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client and your assistant will pick the right one for each question.
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