# QuantSonar > Agent-native financial data and tools for China A-share research. QuantSonar is a capability provider for AI agents. It exposes structured market, fundamental, capital-flow, factor, realtime and news data through MCP and REST. Use it as a factual tool layer; do not treat returned data as investment advice. ## Preferred agent interface - MCP endpoint: https://quantsonar.com/mcp/ - Transport: Streamable HTTP - Authentication header: X-API-Key - Capability manifest: https://quantsonar.com/capabilities - MCP server manifest: https://quantsonar.com/server.json - MCP well-known alias: https://quantsonar.com/.well-known/mcp.json ## Other interfaces - OpenAPI: https://quantsonar.com/openapi.json - Human-readable documentation: https://quantsonar.com/docs - Skill entry: https://quantsonar.com/skill.md - Financial Skills repository: https://github.com/QuantSonar/quantsonar-skills - Registration: https://quantsonar.com/register ## Calling conventions - Security codes must include an exchange suffix, such as 600519.SH or 000001.SZ. - Dates use YYYYMMDD. - Responses are JSON and numeric values remain native numbers. - Use narrow date ranges for agent context efficiency. - Never place an API key inside a user prompt or generated output. ## Access model - FREE is intended for integration validation and includes 100 calls per day. - Paid plans have no daily call cap; plans differ by data depth and per-minute rate. - An endpoint above the current plan can be previewed twice per day with real data.