# Ask Claude or ChatGPT about finance internships and the Sifter textbook.

*The Sifter connector · https://sifter.finance/connector*

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.