> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.notatechguy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Claude Code TradingView bridge hits 6,528 GitHub stars - URL: https://www.notatechguy.com/claude-code-tradingview-bridge-hits-6-528-github-stars/ - Published: 2026-09-20T03:22:16.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-20T03:22:17.000Z - Description: tradingview-mcp connects Claude Code to TradingView Desktop via Chrome DevTools Protocol for AI-assisted chart analysis and Pine Script development. - Author: Marcello Babbili - Tags: Technology & AI, Anthropic GitHub user tradesdontlie landed on the platform's daily trending list with a tool that lets Claude Code read and analyse TradingView Desktop charts, picking up 6,528 stars [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). The bridge taps undocumented internal TradingView APIs through the Electron debug interface, and nobody outside the project has verified that it works as described [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). **My read:** This is the first MCP bridge I've seen that targets a specific commercial desktop application's internal APIs rather than a public web service. I don't buy the stability claim yet, because undocumented APIs break without warning and the repo already carries 204 open issues [P⁴](http://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). What I'd watch is whether TradingView tolerates debug-port access or moves to block it in a future Desktop update. ### How the bridge works TradingView Desktop is built on Electron, the framework that wraps Chromium for desktop apps. The tool uses Chrome DevTools Protocol, the same debugging interface that powers browser developer tools, to communicate with the running application [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com)[P²](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp/blob/main/README.md?ref=notatechguy.com). Users must manually launch TradingView with the Chromium flag `--remote-debugging-port=9222`, which opens a debug port that is disabled by default [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). Once connected, Claude Code can read chart data, help write Pine Script indicators, and automate repetitive charting workflows, all on the user's local machine [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). The maintainers state that no TradingView data is transmitted, stored, or redistributed externally, and that a valid TradingView subscription is required with no paywall bypass [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). The repository page shows the project was created on 29 March 2026 and carries a licence listed as "Other" rather than MIT or Apache [P⁴](http://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). A deep research snapshot captured 5,745 stars, 2,515 forks, and 204 open issues [P⁴](http://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com), before the count climbed to 6,528 on the trending list dated 19 September 2026 [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). ### What could break The tool accesses undocumented internal APIs that TradingView could change in any update, breaking the bridge without notice. The maintainers explicitly state the project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with TradingView Inc. [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). Whether TradingView's terms of service permit debug-port access to internal APIs is a question the available evidence cannot answer, and the functional claims in the README have not been independently reviewed [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). A separate, smaller project by developer Unjoselo takes a similar Chrome DevTools Protocol approach but extends it to MetaTrader 5, including a signal-to-order bridge that could route TradingView signals into live MT5 trades [P⁵](https://github.com/Unjoselo/tradingview-desktop-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). That repo has zero stars and an MIT licence, and was created on 12 June 2026 [P⁵](https://github.com/Unjoselo/tradingview-desktop-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). The tradesdontlie project explicitly limits itself to chart interaction and does not execute real trades [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). The wider pattern is that Claude Code's agent ecosystem has been growing fast. Cost tracking landed in [v2.1.239 in late August](https://www.notatechguy.com/claude-code-v2-1-239-adds-cost-tracking-hits-142k-stars/), [LoopX added durable memory](https://www.notatechguy.com/loopx-adds-durable-memory-to-claude-code-and-codex-agents/) to Claude Code and Codex agents in early September, and [a system for spawning Claude Code agents with pre-loaded memory](https://www.notatechguy.com/new-system-spawns-claude-code-agents-with-pre-loaded-memory/) appeared in late August. The tradingview-mcp bridge extends that infrastructure into financial charting, where the gap between what an agent can read and what it can safely act on is unusually wide. A retail trader who already pays for TradingView and runs Claude Code could ask the model to analyse a chart layout or draft Pine Script indicators. The tool cannot place trades [S¹](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com). Anyone considering it should check TradingView's terms of service before enabling the debug port, and treat the 204 open issues [P⁴](http://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com) as a signal that the bridge is not yet stable. --- *Sources: [S1 — tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp: AI-assisted TradingView chart analysis ](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com) · [P2 — README.md](https://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp/blob/main/README.md?ref=notatechguy.com) · [P3 — ruvnet/open-claude-code](https://github.com/ruvnet/open-claude-code/?ref=notatechguy.com) · [P4 — tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp](http://github.com/tradesdontlie/tradingview-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com) · [P5 — Unjoselo/tradingview-desktop-mcp](https://github.com/Unjoselo/tradingview-desktop-mcp?ref=notatechguy.com)* ## Related reading - [New system spawns Claude Code agents with pre-loaded memory](https://www.notatechguy.com/new-system-spawns-claude-code-agents-with-pre-loaded-memory/) — our technology desk, 2026-08-29 - [LoopX adds durable memory to Claude Code and Codex agents](https://www.notatechguy.com/loopx-adds-durable-memory-to-claude-code-and-codex-agents/) — our technology desk, 2026-09-05 - [Claude Code v2.1.239 adds cost tracking, hits 142k stars](https://www.notatechguy.com/claude-code-v2-1-239-adds-cost-tracking-hits-142k-stars/) — our technology desk, 2026-08-22 --- *Written from 5 sourced items, 4 of them primary.*