alpaca-mcp

Alpaca Trading MCP Server


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:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @laukikk/alpaca-mcp --client claude

Manual Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies:

pip install -e .

Or using uv:

uv pip install -e .

Configuration

1. Copy the .env.example file to .env:

cp .env.example .env

1. Add your Alpaca Paper Trading API credentials to the .env file:

ALPACA_PAPER_API_KEY = "your-api-key"
ALPACA_PAPER_API_SECRET = "your-api-secret"

You can obtain these credentials by creating an account at Alpaca.

Usage

Run the MCP server:

python src/server.py

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:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "alpaca": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/alpaca-mcp-server",
                "run",
                "src/server.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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
• place_stop_order - Place a stop order to buy or sell a stock when it reaches a specified price
• place_stop_limit_order - Place a stop-limit order combining stop and limit order features
• cancel_order - Cancel an open order by its ID
• close_position - Close an open position for a specific symbol
• get_portfolio_summary - Get a comprehensive summary of the portfolio