IB MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATEWAY_PORT | No | Port exposed by the IB Client Portal Gateway container (default port used by the gateway is 5055). Override as needed in .env. | 5055 |
| MCP_SERVER_HOST | No | Host the MCP server binds to (e.g. MCP_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0). | 0.0.0.0 |
| MCP_SERVER_PATH | No | Path for the MCP endpoint (e.g. MCP_SERVER_PATH=/mcp). | /mcp |
| MCP_SERVER_PORT | No | Port the MCP server listens on (e.g. MCP_SERVER_PORT=5002). Exposes the port specified by the MCP_SERVER_PORT environment variable. | 5002 |
| GATEWAY_BASE_URL | No | Base URL/host used to reach the Interactive Brokers Client Portal Gateway (used for the login URL https://{GATEWAY_BASE_URL}:{GATEWAY_PORT}). | localhost |
| MCP_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL | No | Transport protocol used by the MCP server (e.g. MCP_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL=streamable-http). | streamable-http |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
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