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alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server

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Alpaca’s official MCP Server lets you trade stocks, ETFs, crypto, and options, run data analysis, and build strategies in plain English directly from your favorite LLM tools and IDEs

Overview

alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server is a Python MCP server licensed under MIT. Alpaca’s official MCP Server lets you trade stocks, ETFs, crypto, and options, run data analysis, and build strategies in plain English directly from your favorite LLM tools and IDEs Topics: ai-trading, algorithmic-trading, mcp, mcp-server, options, stocks, trading, trading-api, crypto, etfs.

Ranked #271 out of 25632 indexed tools.

In the top 2% of all indexed tools.

Has 12 contributors.

Actively maintained with commits in the last week.

Ecosystem

Python MIT 2 weekly downloads
ai-tradingalgorithmic-tradingmcpmcp-serveroptionsstockstradingtrading-apicryptoetfs

Signal Breakdown

Stars 551
Freshness 2d ago
Issue Health 37%
Contributors 12
Dependents 0
Forks 176
Description Detailed
License MIT

How to Improve

Issue Health high impact

You have 19 open vs 11 closed issues — triaging stale issues improves health

Dependents medium impact

No downstream dependents detected yet — adoption by other projects is the strongest trust signal

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From the README

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  A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Alpaca's Trading API. Enable natural language trading operations through AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and VS Code. Supports stocks, options, crypto, portfolio management, and real-time market data.
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## Table of Contents

- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- [Start here](#start-here)
- [Getting Your API Keys](#getting-your-api-keys)
- [Switching API Keys for Live Trading](
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