This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Alpaca, allowing LLMs like Claude to interact with the Alpaca trading API. It enables trading stocks, checking positions, fetching market data, and…
alpaca-mcp-server is an MCP project maintained in the miguelyad26/alpaca-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Alpaca, allowing LLMs like Claude to interact with the Alpaca trading API. It enables trading stocks…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using python. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
The example declares API_KEY_ID, API_SECRET_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
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Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_account_info | ) - Get account balances and status |
| get_positions | ) - List all current positions in the portfolio |
| get_stock_quote | symbol) - Get the latest quote for a stock |
| get_stock_bars | symbol, days) - Get historical price bars for a stock |
| get_orders | status, limit) - List orders with specified status |
| place_market_order | symbol, side, quantity) - Place a market order |
| place_limit_order | symbol, side, quantity, limit_price) - Place a limit order |
| cancel_all_orders | ) - Cancel all open orders |
| close_all_positions | cancel_orders) - Close all open positions |
{
"mcpServers": {
"alpaca": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"/path/to/alpaca_mcp_server.py"
],
"env": {
"API_KEY_ID": "YOUR_API_KEY_ID",
"API_SECRET_KEY": "YOUR_API_SECRET_KEY"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| API_KEY_ID | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
| API_SECRET_KEY | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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