Robinhood MCP Server

Model Context Protocol servers for the official Robinhood Crypto Trading API: a read-only server (quotes, holdings, orders, account) and an

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Robinhood MCP server?

Model Context Protocol servers for the official Robinhood Crypto Trading API: a read-only server (quotes, holdings, orders, account) and an explicitly opt-in trading server with hard spend caps and a confirm gate. Ed25519 request signing. That is what the robinhood mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.

Getting it running

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at robinhood-keygen on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 14 tools. What each one is for:

  • Target — How
  • Guard — What it does
  • Buy-only — ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_BUY_ONLY=1 rejects every sell order
  • Server — Binary
  • Data — robinhood-mcp
  • Trading — robinhood-mcp-trading
  • Module — What it does
  • market — Quotes, holdings, account details, trading pairs, order history
  • orders — The four native order types as individual tools, plus the generic place_order and cancel_order
  • algo — The thirteen synthetic order types, run as durable background jobs
  • portfolio — FIFO cost basis, realized P&L and tax lots, allocation, slippage, volatility, risk-based sizing
  • risk — Exposure, concentration, drawdown, pre-trade checks, and the enforced kill switch

What it needs from you

Configuration is passed through the environment: ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_API_KEY, ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_PRIVATE_KEY, ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_ENABLE_TRADING, ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_MAX_ORDER_USD, ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_MAX_DAILY_USD, ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_SYMBOL_ALLOWLIST, ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_BASE_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Things to watch

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Robinhood.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

How it compares

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Robinhood's toolset — Target, Guard, Buy-only and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by three-ws; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
TargetHow
GuardWhat it does
Buy-onlyROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_BUY_ONLY=1 rejects every sell order.
ServerBinary
Datarobinhood-mcp
Tradingrobinhood-mcp-trading
ModuleWhat it does
marketQuotes, holdings, account details, trading pairs, order history.
ordersThe four native order types as individual tools, plus the generic place_order and cancel_order.
algoThe thirteen synthetic order types, run as durable background jobs.
portfolioFIFO cost basis, realized P&L and tax lots, allocation, slippage, volatility, risk-based sizing.
riskExposure, concentration, drawdown, pre-trade checks, and the enforced kill switch.
journalFills, round-trip trades, win rate and profit factor, daily summaries, stale open orders, CSV export, reconciliation.
opsHealth checks, clock skew, key verification, rate-limit state, API version, supervisor and unsettled-intent status.

How to install the Robinhood MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "robinhood-crypto": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "robinhood-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_API_KEY": "rh-api-...",
        "ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_PRIVATE_KEY": "your-base64-seed"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_PRIVATE_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_ENABLE_TRADINGConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_MAX_ORDER_USDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_MAX_DAILY_USDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_SYMBOL_ALLOWLISTConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
ROBINHOOD_CRYPTO_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Robinhood to Target.
  • Use Robinhood to Guard.
  • Use Robinhood to Buy-only.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Robinhood to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 14 tools (Target, Guard, Buy-only, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Robinhood directly.