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laukikk/alpaca-mcp
๐ โ๏ธ - Manage stock and crypto portfolios, place trades and access market data via the Alpaca trading API
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Alpaca Trading MCP Server
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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides an interface to the Alpaca trading API, allowing you to manage your stock and crypto portfolio, place trades, and access market data.
Features
- **Account Management**: View account details, balances, and portfolio status
- **Trading**: Place market, limit, stop, and stop-limit orders
- **Portfolio Management**: View positions, calculate performance, and close positions
- **Market Data**: Access real-time quotes and historical price data
- **Asset Information**: Get details about tradable assets
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install Alpaca Trading MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Manual Installation
1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies:
Or using uv:
Configuration
1. Copy the .env.example file to .env:
2. Add your Alpaca Paper Trading API credentials to the .env file:
You can obtain these credentials by creating an account at Alpaca.
Usage
Run the MCP server:
The server will start and be available for MCP clients to connect to.
Testing with Claude for Desktop
Configuration:
Open your Claude for Desktop App configuration in a text editor. Create the file if it doesn't exist.
- Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
- Mac: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Add the Alpaca MCP server configuration:
MCP For Server Developers: Quickstart
Available Resources
The server provides the following resources:
- account://info - Get current account information
- positions://all - Get all current positions
- positions://{symbol} - Get position details for a specific symbol
- orders://recent/{limit} - Get most recent orders with specified limit
- market://{symbol}/quote - Get current market quote for a specific symbol
- market://{symbol}/bars/{timeframe} - Get historical price bars for a symbol with specified timeframe
- assets://list - List tradable assets available on Alpaca
- assets://{symbol} - Get detailed asset information by symbol
Available Tools
The server provides the following tools:
- get_account_info_tool - Get current account information
- place_market_order - Place a market order to buy or sell a stock
- place_limit_order - Place a limit order to buy or sell a stock at a specified price
Features
- **Account Management**: View account details, balances, and portfolio status
- **Trading**: Place market, limit, stop, and stop-limit orders
- **Portfolio Management**: View positions, calculate performance, and close positions
- **Market Data**: Access real-time quotes and historical price data
- **Asset Information**: Get details about tradable assets
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install Alpaca Trading MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Manual Installation
1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies:
Or using uv:
Configuration
1. Copy the .env.example file to .env:
2. Add your Alpaca Paper Trading API credentials to the .env file:
You can obtain these credentials by creating an account at Alpaca.
Usage
Run the MCP server:
The server will start and be available for MCP clients to connect to.
Testing with Claude for Desktop
Configuration:
Open your Claude for Desktop App configuration in a text editor. Create the file if it doesn't exist.
- Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
- Mac: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Add the Alpaca MCP server configuration:
MCP For Server Developers: Quickstart
Available Resources
The server provides the following resources:
- account://info - Get current account information
- positions://all - Get all current positions
- positions://{symbol} - Get position details for a specific symbol
- orders://recent/{limit} - Get most recent orders with specified limit
- market://{symbol}/quote - Get current market quote for a specific symbol
- market://{symbol}/bars/{timeframe} - Get historical price bars for a symbol with specified timeframe
- assets://list - List tradable assets available on Alpaca
- assets://{symbol} - Get detailed asset information by symbol
Available Tools
The server provides the following tools:
- get_account_info_tool - Get current account information
- place_market_order - Place a market order to buy or sell a stock
- place_limit_order - Place a limit order to buy or sell a stock at a specified price
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