Ask Claude or ChatGPT about finance internships and the Sifter textbook.
The Sifter connector lets an AI assistant search open finance internships by deadline and read Sifter’s free textbook for student investors. It is read-only, needs no sign-in and sees no account data. Its address is https://sifter.finance/mcp.
What it can do
- Search open finance internships and first jobs by firm, area, city, class year or summer, in the order their applications close. Every result links to the firm’s own posting.
- Summarise the jobs board: how many roles are open, how many close this week, and which firms and cities have the most.
- Search the textbook, The Analyst’s Handbook, by topic.
- Read any textbook chapter in full.
- Say what Sifter is, who built it and which page answers which question.
What it cannot do
- It cannot change anything. Every tool only reads.
- It has no sign-in, so it cannot see any Sifter account, portfolio, fund, Sifter Card or message.
- It reads only files the public site already serves: the jobs list, the textbook and a short description of Sifter.
- It collects nothing about the person asking. Sifter does not receive your conversation, only the search the assistant sends.
- Job searches return a short list, with a link to the full board.
- Nothing it returns is investment advice.
How to add it
- In Claude: open Customize, then Connectors, press the + button and choose Add custom connector. Name it Sifter, paste https://sifter.finance/mcp, leave sign-in off and press Add.
- In ChatGPT: open Settings, then Apps and connectors, and add a connector by its server address. On some plans this sits behind developer mode.
- In any other assistant that supports the Model Context Protocol: add a remote server at https://sifter.finance/mcp. It uses Streamable HTTP and needs no key.
- Menus move. If a step is missing, search the assistant’s help for “custom connector”.
Things to ask
- Which investment banking internships for sophomores close in the next two weeks?
- What equity research roles are open in New York?
- How do I calculate time-weighted return when cash moves in and out?
- What is the difference between tracking error and beta?
Questions
Does the connector need a Sifter account?
No. It has no sign-in and works for anyone. A Sifter account is only needed to use Sifter itself, which is free for students.
What data does it send or store?
The assistant sends the search it wants to run, such as an area of finance or a textbook topic. The connector answers from public files and stores nothing about you. It cannot read anything from a Sifter account.
Can it make changes or take actions?
No. All five tools are read-only. There is nothing to approve beyond letting the assistant search.
Where do the internships come from?
From Sifter’s jobs board, which reads firms’ own public job pages each day. A person at Sifter approves each listing before it appears, and every result links to the firm’s own posting.
Who do I contact about it?
Write to admin@sifterfinance.com.
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