# Benzinga — MCP server on mcp.ai
> Connect your Benzinga account and use 10 tools for analytics straight from your AI agent. Connect with your own API key. Benzinga provides real-time financial news and data APIs, offering comprehensive coverage of market-moving information for developers and financial professionals.

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Page: https://mcp.ai/benzinga

## Connect (MCP protocol)
Remote MCP endpoint (HTTP, streamable): https://api.mcp.ai/p_benzinga?ms=1787291100000
Add it as a custom/remote MCP connector, then authenticate when prompted.

## REST API (no MCP client required)
Every tool is also a REST endpoint, authed with a workspace API key.
Discover: GET https://api.mcp.ai/api/benzinga/_endpoints   # public; lists every endpoint
Call:     POST https://api.mcp.ai/api/benzinga/<endpoint>
  Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…   # create one at https://mcp.ai/settings/api-keys
  Content-Type: application/json
  Body: { …args }   →   { "ok": true, "tool": "<id>", "result": { … } }

## Developer docs
How to use (MCP or REST), markdown: https://mcp.ai/benzinga/skill.md
Postman collection (v2.1): https://mcp.ai/benzinga/postman.json

## Tools
- benzinga_get_calendar_earnings_stream(isins?: string, tickers?: string) — Tool to subscribe to real-time earnings calendar events via WebSocket. Use when you need immediate updates as reports are announced.
- benzinga_get_conference_calls_v21(date?: string, page?: integer, date_to?: string, tickers?: string, updated?: integer, pagesize?: integer, date_from?: string) — Tool to retrieve conference call data for a selected period and/or security using v2.1 API. Conference calls are scheduled calls where company management discusses quarterly or annual financial result
- benzinga_get_consensus_ratings(pagesize?: integer, simplify?: boolean, parameters?: object, aggregate_type?: string) — Get aggregated consensus analyst ratings and price targets for a stock ticker. Returns analyst sentiment distribution (strong_buy, buy, hold, sell counts or percentages), consensus rating, price targe
- benzinga_get_earnings_v21(date?: string, page?: integer, date_to?: string, tickers?: string[], updated?: integer, pagesize?: integer, date_from?: string, date_sort?: string, importance?: integer) — Tool to retrieve earnings calendar data (v2.1). Use when you need dates, estimates, and actuals for upcoming earnings events.
- benzinga_get_economics_v21(date?: string, page?: integer, country?: string, date_to?: string, updated?: integer, pagesize?: integer, date_from?: string, importance?: integer, event_category?: string) — Tool to retrieve economic calendar data including indicators, releases, and reports from various countries. Returns actual values, consensus estimates, and prior values for economic events such as GDP
- benzinga_get_news_channels() — Tool to retrieve all available news channels that can be used to filter news items. Use when you need to discover available channel categories for news filtering. Channels can have sub-channels (ident
- benzinga_get_newsfeed_stream() — Get WebSocket connection details for real-time Benzinga newsfeed streaming. Returns the WebSocket URL and authentication token needed to establish a WebSocket connection for receiving real-time news e
- benzinga_get_ratings_v21(date?: string, firm?: string, page?: integer, action?: string, fields?: string, analyst?: string, date_to?: string, firm_id?: string, tickers?: string, updated?: integer, pagesize?: integer, simplify?: boolean, date_from?: string, analyst_id?: string, importance?: integer) — Tool to fetch analyst ratings data including upgrades, downgrades, initiations, and price target changes from Wall Street analysts. Returns current and prior ratings, price targets, analyst informatio
- benzinga_get_removed_news(page?: integer, updated?: integer, pagesize?: integer) — Retrieves IDs and timestamps of news articles that have been removed from Benzinga's database. Use this to track deleted/retracted news articles, sync local caches, or identify articles removed after 
- benzinga_get_removed_v21(page?: integer, type?: string, updated?: integer, pageSize?: integer) — Tool to retrieve removed or cancelled calendar events from Benzinga (v2.1). Use when you need to track calendar events that have been deleted or cancelled from specific event types like earnings, rati

## Example prompts
- "What can I do in Benzinga?"
- "Show me a summary of my Benzinga account"

## Links
Docs: https://mcp.ai/docs/mcps/benzinga
Website: https://mcp.ai/mcps/benzinga