Alpaca MCP Server

Expose Alpaca Market Data & Broker API as MCP tools.

Installation

Related MCP server: Financial Datasets MCP Server

Local Development

Environment Variables

Create a .env at project root with:

Commands

• start (dev): npm start (runs npx tsx index.ts)

• build: npm run build (compiles to dist/)

• run compiled: node dist/index.js

Usage

Once running, the MCP server listens on stdin/stdout. Use any MCP client or the CLI:

Available Tools

• get-assets { assetClass?: "us_equity" | "crypto" }

• get-stock-bars { symbols: string[]; start: string; end: string; timeframe: string }

• get-market-days { start: string; end: string }

• get-news { start: string; end: string; symbols: string[] }

Each returns JSON in content[0].text or an error.

MCP Client Configuration

To integrate via mcp.config.json, add the following under the mcpServers key:

License

ISC