Helium MCP

Overview

Helium MCP provides AI coding assistants with access to news intelligence, media bias analysis, financial market data, and meme search through 9 tools exposed via the Model Context Protocol. It covers 3.2M+ articles from 5,000+ news sources with 15+ bias dimensions, live stock/ETF/crypto data with AI-generated analysis, and ML-predicted options pricing.

When to Use This Skill

Use when you need to search or analyze news articles with bias-aware context
Use when researching media bias for a specific source or article URL
Use when you want balanced left/right/center perspectives on a topic
Use when looking up live stock, ETF, or crypto data with AI bull/bear cases
Use when pricing options or evaluating trading strategies
Use when searching for memes by semantic meaning

MCP Configuration

Add the Helium MCP server to your client configuration. The endpoint uses streamable HTTP and requires no authentication.

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Windsurf

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

No API key or authentication is required.

Available Tools

News & Media Bias

`search_news`

Search 3.2M+ articles from 5,000+ sources with 15+ bias dimensions. Filter by topic, source, date range, and bias attributes.

search_news({ query: "artificial intelligence regulation" })

`search_balanced_news`

Get AI-synthesized balanced articles presenting left, right, and center perspectives on any topic.

search_balanced_news({ query: "immigration policy" })

`get_source_bias`

Retrieve the detailed bias profile for any news source, including political lean, factual reporting score, and 15+ bias dimensions.

get_source_bias({ source: "reuters" })

`get_all_source_biases`

Get bias data for all 5,000+ tracked news sources in a single call.

get_all_source_biases()

`get_bias_from_url`

Run a full bias analysis on a specific article URL, returning the source bias profile and article-level bias indicators.

get_bias_from_url({ url: "https://example.com/article" })

Finance & Markets

`get_ticker`

Get live stock, ETF, or crypto data including price, volume, AI-generated bull/bear cases, and forecasts.

get_ticker({ ticker: "AAPL" })

`get_option_price`

Get ML-predicted fair value and probability of finishing in-the-money for a specific options contract.

get_option_price({ ticker: "AAPL", strike: 200, expiration: "2026-06-19", type: "call" })

`get_top_trading_strategies`

Get top-ranked options strategies for a ticker with risk/reward analysis.

get_top_trading_strategies({ ticker: "TSLA" })

Memes

`search_memes`

Semantic meme search — find memes by meaning rather than exact keywords.

search_memes({ query: "debugging at 3am" })

Examples

Example 1: Balanced News Research

Ask your AI assistant:

"Search for balanced news coverage on climate policy and show me how left, right, and center sources frame the issue differently."

The assistant will call search_balanced_news and present synthesized perspectives from across the political spectrum.

Example 2: Source Credibility Check

"What is the media bias profile for The New York Times?"

The assistant will call get_source_bias and return the full bias breakdown including political lean, factual reporting, and other dimensions.

Example 3: Stock Research with Options

"Give me the bull and bear case for NVDA, then find the best options strategies."

The assistant will call get_ticker for market data and AI analysis, then get_top_trading_strategies for ranked strategy recommendations.

Example 4: Article Bias Analysis

"Analyze the bias of this article: https://example.com/politics/story"

The assistant will call get_bias_from_url to return source-level and article-level bias indicators.

Best Practices

Start broad, then narrow: Use search_news for discovery, then get_bias_from_url for deep analysis on specific articles
Cross-reference perspectives: Combine search_balanced_news with get_source_bias to understand why sources frame topics differently
Pair market tools: Use get_ticker for the fundamental view, then get_option_price or get_top_trading_strategies for actionable trades
No auth needed: The endpoint works immediately with no API keys or setup beyond adding the MCP config

Common Pitfalls

Problem: Tool calls return empty results for very niche queries Solution: Broaden the search terms — Helium indexes mainstream and mid-tier sources, so hyper-local topics may have limited coverage
Problem: Options data unavailable for a ticker Solution: Verify the ticker has listed options — some small-cap stocks and most crypto assets do not have options markets

Related Skills

@mcp-builder - If you want to build your own MCP server rather than consume this one

Additional Resources

Limitations

Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.

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