# Alpaca Trading Integration

> Use this tool when you need to integrate trading operations into your applications, enabling seamless interaction with Alpaca's trading API to execute trades, fetch market data, and manage portfolios. It solves problems related to algorithmic trading, portfolio management, and real-time financial data integration. This tool accepts inputs such as trading commands and API credentials, and outputs real-time market data and trade execution results.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/wlu03-alpaca-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/wlu03-alpaca-mcp

## Description

Enable seamless interaction with Alpaca's trading API through a standardized protocol. Execute trading operations, fetch market data, and manage portfolios efficiently within your LLM applications. Simplify algorithmic trading by integrating real-time financial data and actions.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** finance
- **Updated:** 2026-05-11

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/wlu03/alpaca-mcp)

## 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": "wlu03-alpaca-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/wlu03-alpaca-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/wlu03-alpaca-mcp/pull`

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