# Alpaca Trading

> Use this tool when you need to integrate stock trading operations into conversational interfaces, enabling AI assistants to execute trades, manage portfolios, and analyze market data seamlessly. It solves problems of fragmented trading experiences and limited automation capabilities, accepting API credentials as input and outputting trading functionality through the Model Context Protocol. Ideal for use cases requiring automated trading strategies and real-time market analysis within conversational workflows.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/miguelyad26-alpaca-trading  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/miguelyad26-alpaca-trading

## Description

Alpaca MCP Server provides a bridge between Claude and the Alpaca trading API, enabling AI assistants to execute stock trading operations directly within conversations. The server implements the Model Context Protocol to expose Alpaca's trading functionality, requiring API credentials for authentication, and can be deployed either as a standalone Python service or containerized using Docker. Running on port 8000, it creates a seamless integration that allows for automated trading strategies, portfolio management, and market data analysis without leaving the conversation interface.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.87
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** cloud-infra
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/miguelyad26-alpaca-trading)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/miguelyad26/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": "miguelyad26-alpaca-trading"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/miguelyad26-alpaca-trading` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/miguelyad26-alpaca-trading/pull`

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