# alpaca-mcp-server

> alpaca-mcp-server — alpacahq-alpaca-mcp-server. Use this tool when you need to integrate trading and data analysis capabilities into your development workflow, enabling the execution of trades and strategies for stocks, ETFs, crypto, and options directly from your IDEs and LLM tools. It solves problems related to automated trading, data-driven decision making, and strategy development by providing a plain English interface for complex financial operations. Ideal for use cases requiring seamless interaction between development environments and financial markets.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/alpacahq-alpaca-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/alpacahq-alpaca-mcp-server

## Description

Alpaca’s official MCP Server lets you trade stocks, ETFs, crypto, and options, run data analysis, and build strategies in plain English directly from your favorite LLM tools and IDEs

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.99
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** finance
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "alpacahq-alpaca-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/alpacahq-alpaca-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/alpacahq-alpaca-mcp-server/pull`

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