Agent skill

Helium MCP

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Connect to Helium's MCP server for news research, media bias analysis, balanced perspectives, stock/options data, and semantic meme search across 3.2M+ articles and 5,000+ sources

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Helium MCP

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill helium-mcp -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills helium-mcp --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/helium-mcp .claude/skills/helium-mcp && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
helium-mcp
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
640 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,497
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Connect to Helium's MCP server for news research, media bias analysis, balanced perspectives, stock/options data, and semantic meme search across 3.2M+ articles and 5,000+ sources

  • Tasks that involve MCP servers
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use This Skill, MCP Configuration and Available Tools, plus 6 more sections
  • Reaches heliumtrades.com

What it does

Helium MCP is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Connect to Helium's MCP server for news research, media bias analysis, balanced perspectives, stock/options data, and semantic meme search across 3.2M+ articles and 5,000+ sources

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering MCP servers. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve MCP servers

Example prompts

  • “/helium-mcp”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b84d35a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are json).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • heliumtrades.com

    Also links to:

    • github.com
    • modelcontextprotocol.io

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Helium MCP loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 640 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit b84d35a, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 640 words, ~1,509 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/helium-mcp/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
helium-mcp
description
Connect to Helium's MCP server for news research, media bias analysis, balanced perspectives, stock/options data, and semantic meme search across 3.2M+ articles and 5,000+ sources
risk
safe
source
https://heliumtrades.com/mcp-page/
source_repo
connerlambden/helium-mcp
source_type
community
date_added
2026-04-13
author
connerlambden
tags
mcp, news, media-bias, stocks, options, finance, research
tools
claude, cursor, gemini

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
json
{
  "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.

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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

  • @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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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/helium-mcp of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b84d35a

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Helium MCP

What does Helium MCP do?

Connect to Helium's MCP server for news research, media bias analysis, balanced perspectives, stock/options data, and semantic meme search across 3.2M+ articles and 5,000+ sources. Helium MCP is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

When should I use Helium MCP?

Helium MCP fits situations like: tasks that involve MCP servers.

How do I install Helium MCP in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill helium-mcp -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/helium-mcp in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/helium-mcp in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Helium MCP in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill helium-mcp -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/helium-mcp in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/helium-mcp in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Helium MCP in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill helium-mcp -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/helium-mcp, .gemini/skills/helium-mcp, .github/skills/helium-mcp and .opencode/skills/helium-mcp in your project.

What does Helium MCP need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Helium MCP is instructions for the agent only.

Does Helium MCP access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: heliumtrades.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: github.com and modelcontextprotocol.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Helium MCP safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Helium MCP use?

Helium MCP is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Helium MCP use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Helium MCP?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,405 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,497 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.