# alpaca-mcp-server

> Alpaca Trading API integration for Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/alpaca-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server#readme
- repository: https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server/issues
- version: 2.4.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, alpaca, finance, llm, mcp, model-context-protocol, trading
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:alpaca-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

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  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server/main/assets/01-primary-alpaca-logo.png" alt="Alpaca logo" width="220">
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<p align="center">
  A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Alpaca's Trading API. Enable natural language trading operations through AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and VS Code. Supports stocks, options, crypto, portfolio management, and real-time market data.
</p>

> **Alpaca MCP Server v2 is here.** This version is a complete rewrite built with FastMCP and OpenAPI. If you're upgrading from v1, please read the [Upgrade Guide](#upgrading-from-v1) — tool names, parameters, and configuration have changed.

## Table of Contents

- [Upgrading from V1](#upgrading-from-v1)
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- [Getting Your API Keys](#getting-your-api-keys)
- [Setup](#setup)
- [Configuration](#configuration)…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- finance.markets (1, declared)
- data.apis (0.859, derived)
- content.social (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/alpaca-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-09T09:22:33.553Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/alpaca-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/alpaca-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:alpaca-mcp-server