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Overview

Some organizations do not have access to claude.ai and use Claude Code instead. This guide walks you through setting up the official Bigdata.com connector in Claude Code using API Key authentication, so you can search financial news, resolve securities, and generate research reports directly from your terminal.

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Requirements

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Configuration Steps

1

Create a Bigdata API key

You can create your API Key in the Developer Platform > API Keys.Developer Platform > API Keys
Ideally, store the API Key in your password manager, so you can access it in the future.
2

Add the Bigdata.com MCP connector

The following command will add the official Bigdata.com Remote MCP in Claude Code. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key you created in the previous step.
claude mcp add --transport http bigdata_com https://mcp.bigdata.com/ \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
3

Open Claude Code

Start a new Claude Code session in your terminal:
claude
You can confirm the connector is available by running /mcp inside Claude Code. The bigdata_com server should appear in the list of connected MCP servers along with its available tools.Bigdata.com MCP successfully configured in Claude CodeYou can select it to explore itConnected MCP server with available tools
4

Install the Bigdata plugin

The Bigdata plugin bundles the Financial Research Analyst skill, which adds institutional-grade analysis workflows (company briefs, earnings previews, valuation snapshots, investment memos, and more) on top of the MCP tools.The plugin is now available in the official Claude marketplace, making it easy to discover and install. Run /plugins inside Claude Code and select the Bigdata plugin to install it.Discover the Bigdata plugin in the Claude marketplaceOnce installed, the MCP connector and the plugin will appear enabled like in the following image:Bigdata.com MCP and plugin enabled in Claude Code
5

Try it out

Now you can ask Claude Code to generate research on any theme you are working on. For example, you can prepare for an upcoming earnings call:
Using Bigdata, can you help me prepare for Broadcom's earnings call? Add inline attribution
The Financial Research Analyst skill recognizes this as an Earnings Preview request and runs the corresponding workflow.Earnings Preview prompt in Claude CodeClaude Code will call the Bigdata MCP tools during its reasoning loop, retrieve grounded financial content, and produce a report with inline citations linking back to the source documents.Broadcom Earnings Preview Word document created by Claude Code
Select Yes, and don't ask again.. to allow Claude Code to retrieve all the information it needs from Bigdata Services.

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Troubleshooting

List all configured MCP servers with claude mcp list. To remove the Bigdata.com connector, run claude mcp remove bigdata_com.