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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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