Best for
- Researchers and analysts needing access to licensed financial or traffic data
- Developers who want real-time search results with structured data support
- Teams that need to create visualizations for reports or presentations
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Tako MCP Server
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Give your agent real-time web search and licensed data like S&P Global, FRED, OECD, SimilarWeb & more.
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Tako MCP offers AI agents a unique blend of licensed data sources, making it particularly strong for financial, macroeconomic, and traffic research. The free tier allows for risk-free evaluation. Best suited for professional users who need high-quality, real-time data.
Tako MCP is a hosted MCP server that lets agents search the live web and access licensed, structured datasets not available on the open web, including company financials, macroeconomic indicators, web & app traffic, sports, US government spending, and more. Free tier available, no API key required to start.
Tools
tako_search
Search Tako's knowledge graph and the live web, returning structured cards with inline recent data rows and a rendered chart.
tako_answer
Answers a single specific data question with a concise, citation-backed prose answer.
tako_contents
Fetch content behind result URLs: Tako cards return CSV, other webpages return extracted text.
tako_available_data
Free check of what proprietary structured data exists for an entity or metric in Tako.
tako_visualize
Create an embeddable chart/card from your own structured data.
tako_agent
Run Tako's Answer Agent for deep, multi-step research (~30-90s).
get_credit_balance
Check the connected account's API credit balance.
tako_graph_search
Low-level search over the Tako graph (optional).
tako_graph_related
Get related nodes for a node in the graph (optional).
tako_graph_node
Get full node details from the graph (optional).
Setup
In a supported MCP client (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code), configure the server URL as https://mcp.tako.com/mcp. For authentication, add an 'Authorization' header with 'Bearer <your API token>' in the config. Without a token, you can still use the free tier.
claude_desktop_config.json
{"mcpServers":{"tako-mcp":{"type":"http","url":"https://mcp.tako.com/mcp","headers":{"Authorization":"Bearer <your-tako-api-token>"}}}}
Fit and risk
Not for
- Scenarios requiring fully local or offline data processing
- Individuals who are cost-sensitive and prefer to stay on the free tier indefinitely (it has rate limits and a limited toolset)
- Use cases that require custom on-premises hosting or strict data residency
Required permissions
- Accesses https://mcp.tako.com/mcp to perform web searches and fetch licensed data
- Retrieves structured rows from licensed datasets, which may be exported via content tools
- Submits chart data for visualization generation if you use the visualize tool
- Free tier requires no authentication but is rate-limited to 10 requests/min per IP
Risks and side effects
- Licensed data may be presented as charts or card summaries, but export may be restricted due to licensing
- Some data sources (e.g., S&P Global, SimilarWeb) do not allow CSV export; attempting to export should be treated as a licensing wall, not an error
- Free tier rate limits could impact production use; authentication lifts limits and enables full toolset
- Server is hosted, so your queries are sent to Tako's external API
Troubleshooting
- If authentication fails, verify the Authorization header is correctly formatted ('Bearer <token>') and the token is active in Tako console
- If a search or answer returns no cards, first call tako_available_data (free) to check if the metric exists, then retry only once; avoid blind retries
- If a Tako card is not exportable, do not keep retrying; read the headline value from the card or use tako_answer for the number
- If using an OAuth-bound client (e.g., Claude.ai, ChatGPT) and experiencing issues, re-authenticate via OAuth or check your API keys in the Tako console
Use cases
Look up company financials (revenue, earnings, valuation) and visualize them
Retrieve macroeconomic indicators (inflation, GDP, unemployment)
Analyze website and app traffic (SimilarWeb data)
Research real-time topics and get cited answers
Create embeddable data visualizations
Supported clients
Claude DesktopFull support
Claude.aiFull support
ChatGPTFull support
Claude CodeFull support
CursorPartial support
WindsurfPartial support
VS CodePartial support
Gemini CLIFull support
OpenCodePartial support
Codex CLIPartial support
ZedPartial support