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Stocks MCP Server

by Maharshi2708

Stocks MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides real-time access to financial market data through the free Alpha Vantage API. This server implements a standardized interface for retrieving stock quotes and company information.

Features

  • Real-time stock quotes with price, volume, and change data

  • Detailed company information including sector, industry, and market cap

  • Real-time cryptocurrency exchange rates with bid/ask prices

  • Daily, weekly, and monthly cryptocurrency time series data

  • Historical options chain data with advanced filtering and sorting

  • Built-in error handling and rate limit management

Installation

Using Claude Desktop

  • Clone the repository and build a local image to be utilized by your Claude desktop client

  • Change your claude_desktop_config.json to match the following, replacing REPLACE_API_KEY with your actual key:

claude_desktop_config.json path

  • On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

  • On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{ "mcpServers": { "alphavantage": { "command": "python", "args": [ "-m", "alpha_vantage_mcp.server", "run", "server.py" ], "env": { "ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY": "insert_your_alpha_api_key", "PYTHONPATH": "Path to the server.py" } } } }

Install packages

uv add -r requiremets.txt .

Running

After connecting Claude client with the MCP tool via json file and installing the packages, Claude should see the server's mcp tools:

You can run the sever yourself via: In alpha-vantage-mcp repo:

uv run src/alpha_vantage_mcp/server.py

Available Tools

The server implements eight tools:

  • get-stock-quote: Get the latest stock quote for a specific company

  • get-company-info: Get stock-related information for a specific company

  • get-time-series: Get historical daily price data for a stock

  • get-historical-options: Get historical options chain data with sorting capabilities

  • get-crypto-exchange-rate: Get current cryptocurrency exchange rates

  • get-crypto-daily: Get daily time series data for a cryptocurrency

  • get-crypto-weekly: Get weekly time series data for a cryptocurrency

  • get-crypto-monthly: Get monthly time series data for a cryptocurrency

get-stock-quote

Input Schema:

{ "symbol": { "type": "string", "description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)" } }

Example Response:

Stock quote for AAPL: Price: $198.50 Change: $2.50 (+1.25%) Volume: 58942301 High: $199.62 Low: $197.20

get-company-info

Retrieves detailed company information for a given symbol.

Input Schema:

{ "symbol": { "type": "string", "description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)" } }

Example Response:

Company information for AAPL: Name: Apple Inc Sector: Technology Industry: Consumer Electronics Market Cap: $3000000000000 Description: Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones... Exchange: NASDAQ Currency: USD

get-crypto-exchange-rate

Retrieves real-time cryptocurrency exchange rates with additional market data.

Input Schema:

{ "crypto_symbol": { "type": "string", "description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)" }, "market": { "type": "string", "description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)", "default": "USD" } }

Example Response:

Cryptocurrency exchange rate for BTC/USD: From: Bitcoin (BTC) To: United States Dollar (USD) Exchange Rate: 43521.45000 Last Updated: 2024-12-17 19:45:00 UTC Bid Price: 43521.00000 Ask Price: 43522.00000

get-time-series

Retrieves daily time series (OHLCV) data.

Input Schema:

{ "symbol": { "type": "string", "description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)" }, "outputsize": { "type": "string", "description": "compact (latest 100 data points) or full (up to 20 years of data)", "default": "compact" } }

Example Response:

Time Series Data for AAPL (Last Refreshed: 2024-12-17 16:00:00): Date: 2024-12-16 Open: $195.09 High: $197.68 Low: $194.83 Close: $197.57 Volume: 55,751,011

get-historical-options

Retrieves historical options chain data with advanced sorting and filtering capabilities.

Input Schema:

{ "symbol": { "type": "string", "description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)" }, "date": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional: Trading date in YYYY-MM-DD format (defaults to previous trading day, must be after 2008-01-01)", "pattern": "^20[0-9]{2}-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$" }, "limit": { "type": "integer", "description": "Optional: Number of contracts to return (default: 10, use -1 for all contracts)", "default": 10, "minimum": -1 }, "sort_by": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional: Field to sort by", "enum": ["strike", "expiration", "volume", "open_interest", "implied_volatility", "delta", "gamma", "theta", "vega", "rho", "last", "bid", "ask"], "default": "strike" }, "sort_order": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional: Sort order", "enum": ["asc", "desc"], "default": "asc" } }

Example Response:

Historical Options Data for AAPL (2024-02-20): Contract 1: Strike: $190.00 Expiration: 2024-03-15 Last: $8.45 Bid: $8.40 Ask: $8.50 Volume: 1245 Open Interest: 4567 Implied Volatility: 0.25 Greeks: Delta: 0.65 Gamma: 0.04 Theta: -0.15 Vega: 0.30 Rho: 0.25 Contract 2: ...

get-crypto-daily

Retrieves daily time series data for a cryptocurrency.

Input Schema:

{ "symbol": { "type": "string", "description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)" }, "market": { "type": "string", "description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)", "default": "USD" } }

Example Response:

Daily cryptocurrency time series for SOL in USD: Daily Time Series for Solana (SOL) Market: United States Dollar (USD) Last Refreshed: 2025-04-17 00:00:00 UTC Date: 2025-04-17 Open: 131.31000000 USD High: 131.67000000 USD Low: 130.74000000 USD Close: 131.15000000 USD Volume: 39652.22195178 --- Date: 2025-04-16 Open: 126.10000000 USD High: 133.91000000 USD Low: 123.46000000 USD Close: 131.32000000 USD Volume: 1764240.04195810 ---

get-crypto-weekly

Retrieves weekly time series data for a cryptocurrency.

Input Schema:

{ "symbol": { "type": "string", "description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)" }, "market": { "type": "string", "description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)", "default": "USD" } }

Example Response:

Weekly cryptocurrency time series for SOL in USD: Weekly Time Series for Solana (SOL) Market: United States Dollar (USD) Last Refreshed: 2025-04-17 00:00:00 UTC Date: 2025-04-17 Open: 128.32000000 USD High: 136.00000000 USD Low: 123.46000000 USD Close: 131.15000000 USD Volume: 4823091.05667581 --- Date: 2025-04-13 Open: 105.81000000 USD High: 134.11000000 USD Low: 95.16000000 USD Close: 128.32000000 USD Volume: 18015328.38860037 ---

get-crypto-monthly

Retrieves monthly time series data for a cryptocurrency.

Input Schema:

{ "symbol": { "type": "string", "description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)" }, "market": { "type": "string", "description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)", "default": "USD" } }

Example Response:

Monthly cryptocurrency time series for SOL in USD: Monthly Time Series for Solana (SOL) Market: United States Dollar (USD) Last Refreshed: 2025-04-17 00:00:00 UTC Date: 2025-04-17 Open: 124.51000000 USD High: 136.18000000 USD Low: 95.16000000 USD Close: 131.15000000 USD Volume: 34268628.85976021 --- Date: 2025-03-31 Open: 148.09000000 USD High: 180.00000000 USD Low: 112.00000000 USD Close: 124.54000000 USD Volume: 42360395.75443056 ---

requirements

  • Python 3.12 or higher

  • httpx

  • mcp

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