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

Clone this repository
Install dependencies:

pip install -e .

Or using uv:

uv pip install -e .

Configuration

Copy the .env.example file to .env:

cp .env.example .env

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.

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

This server cannot be installed

security - not tested

license - permissive license

quality - not tested

How are these scores calculated?

remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

A Model Context Protocol server that interfaces with Alpaca trading API, allowing users to manage portfolios, place trades, and access market data through natural language interactions.

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