Helium MCP Server

Real-time news with bias scoring, live market data, and AI-powered options pricing — all accessible through the Model Context Protocol.

Overview

Helium MCP gives your AI assistant access to:

• 3.2M+ news articles from 5,000+ sources, each scored across 15+ bias dimensions
• Balanced news synthesis — left, right, and center perspectives aggregated into one coherent story
• Live market data — price, IV rank, AI-generated bull/bear cases, and price forecasts
• AI options pricing — proprietary ML models for fair-value estimates and probability ITM
• Meme search — semantic search across viral memes with OCR text and captions

50 free queries included. No sign-up required.

Quick Start

Cursor

Add to your Cursor MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helium": {
      "url": "https://heliumtrades.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helium": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://heliumtrades.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Any MCP Client

Connect to the streamable HTTP endpoint:

https://heliumtrades.com/mcp

Tools

search_news

Full-text search across 3.2M+ articles from 5,000+ sources. Filter by source, category, date, and minimum shares. Returns bias scores, AI summaries, and context.

Parameters:

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | query | string | Yes | — | Search keywords | | limit | integer | No | 20 | Max results (1–100) | | source | string | No | — | Filter by source name (e.g. "CNN", "Reuters") | | category | string | No | — | One of: trending, tech, markets, politics, business, science, memes | | days_back | integer | No | 720 | Only include articles from the last N days | | min_shares | integer | No | -1 | Minimum total social shares | | sort | string | No | "rank" | One of: rank (relevance), date (newest), shares (most shared) |

search_balanced_news

AI-synthesized articles that aggregate multiple sources into balanced coverage. Each story includes a summary, takeaway, evidence breakdown, potential outcomes, and relevant tickers.

Parameters:

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | query | string | Yes | — | Search keywords | | limit | integer | No | 10 | Max results (1–50) | | category | string | No | — | One of: tech, politics, markets, business, science | | days_back | integer | No | 0 | Only include stories from the last N days (0 = no filter) |

get_source_bias

Deep bias analysis for any news outlet: political lean, emotional tone, prescriptiveness, signature phrases, similar sources, and historical trends.

Parameters:

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | source | string | Yes | — | Source name (e.g. "Fox News") or domain (e.g. "foxnews.com") | | recent_articles | integer | No | 10 | Number of recent articles to include (1–50) |

get_bias_from_url

Analyze any article URL for per-dimension bias scores: political lean, emotionality, manipulation level, factfulness, and more.

Parameters:

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | url | string | Yes | — | Full article URL |

get_ticker

Comprehensive data for any stock, ETF, or crypto: live price, AI-generated bull/bear cases, price forecast, IV rank, volatility surface, and top-ranked options strategies.

Parameters:

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | ticker | string | Yes | — | Ticker symbol (e.g. "AAPL", "SPY", "BTC") |

get_option_price

Helium's proprietary ML model-predicted fair-value price for a specific option contract. Returns predicted price, probability ITM, and the data date.

Parameters:

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | symbol | string | Yes | — | Ticker symbol (e.g. "AAPL", "SPY") | | strike | number | Yes | — | Strike price (e.g. 150.0) | | expiration | string | Yes | — | Expiration date as YYYY-MM-DD | | option_type | string | Yes | — | "call" or "put" |

get_top_trading_strategies

Helium's highest-conviction options setups ranked by AI edge score, expected value, and market conditions. Returns both short volatility and long volatility strategies.

Parameters:

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | sort | string | No | "helium_rank" | One of: helium_rank, odds_of_profit, historical_performance, reward_to_risk, smallest_max_loss | | limit | integer | No | 5 | Results per strategy type (1–20) |

get_all_source_biases

Bias scores for every tracked news source — compare outlets, rank by credibility, or build a full media landscape overview. Returns all sources with >100 articles analyzed, sorted by average social shares.

Parameters: None required.

search_memes

Semantic search across viral memes — images, captions, OCR text, like counts, and source attribution.

Parameters:

| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | |-----------|------|----------|---------|-------------| | query | string | Yes | — | Search keywords (matched against OCR text and captions) | | limit | integer | No | 20 | Max results (1–100) |

Pricing

| Plan | Cost | Details | |------|------|---------| | Free | $0 | 50 queries per network — no sign-up needed | | Pay As You Go | $0.02/query | Billed daily via Stripe. All 9 tools, unlimited queries. |

Get an API key at heliumtrades.com/mcp-page.

Links

• Helium MCP Page
• Helium Trades
• Privacy Policy

License

MIT