wmcars/alpaca-mcp-server

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This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Alpaca's Trading API, enabling interaction with trading infrastructure using natural language.

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

get_account_info

View balance, margin, and account status

get_positions

List all held assets

place_stock_order

Place a stock order of any type

get_market_clock

Market open/close schedule

create_watchlist

Create a new watchlist

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

No resources

Author

wmcars

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Repository

https://github.com/wmcars/alpaca-mcp-server

License

MIT License

Last publish date

2025-06-06

Last update date

2025-06-06

Server configs

in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alpaca": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/alpaca_mcp_server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALPACA_API_KEY": "your_alpaca_api_key_for_paper_account",
        "ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "your_alpaca_secret_key_for_paper_account"
      }
    }
  }
}

in vscode

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "alpaca": {
        "command": "python",
        "args": [
          "/path/to/alpaca_mcp_server.py"
        ],
        "env": {
          "ALPACA_API_KEY": "your_alpaca_api_key_for_paper_account",
          "ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "your_alpaca_secret_key_for_paper_account"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}