MCP server · Alpaca

alpaca-mcp.yml

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⚠ Proposed MCP surface. No official hosted MCP server was found for Alpaca. The tools below are a candidate set derived from this provider's API, and the link points at the source descriptor rather than a live server. If Alpaca publishes an official server, this page will update to it on the next build.

Provider: Alpaca Type: Candidate descriptor Transport: Host: raw.githubusercontent.com

Descriptor

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/alpaca/refs/heads/main/mcp/alpaca-mcp.yml

Candidate descriptor · transport

Tools

get_account_info — Balance, margin, and account status
get_account_config — Trading restrictions, margin settings, PDT checks
update_account_config — Update account configuration settings
get_portfolio_history — Equity and P/L over time
get_account_activities — Fills, dividends, transfers
get_account_activities_by_type — Activities filtered by type
get_orders — Retrieve orders with filters
get_order_by_id — Single order by ID
get_order_by_client_id — Single order by client order ID
replace_order_by_id — Replace an existing open order
cancel_order_by_id — Cancel a specific order
cancel_all_orders — Cancel all open orders
place_stock_order — Stocks/ETFs (market, limit, stop, stop-limit, trailing-stop, brackets)
place_crypto_order — Crypto (market, limit, stop-limit)
place_option_order — Options (single-leg or multi-leg)
get_all_positions — All current positions
get_open_position — Details for a specific position
close_position — Close a specific position
close_all_positions — Liquidate entire portfolio
exercise_options_position — Exercise a held option contract
do_not_exercise_options_position — Do-not-exercise instruction
create_watchlist — Create a new watchlist
get_watchlists — List all watchlists
get_watchlist_by_id — Get a specific watchlist
update_watchlist_by_id — Update a watchlist
delete_watchlist_by_id — Delete a watchlist
add_asset_to_watchlist_by_id — Add an asset to a watchlist
remove_asset_from_watchlist_by_id — Remove an asset from a watchlist
get_all_assets — List assets with optional filtering
get_asset — Detailed info for a specific asset
get_option_contracts — Option contracts for underlying symbol(s)
get_option_contract — Single option contract by symbol or ID
get_calendar — Market calendar for a date range
get_clock — Current market status and next open/close
get_corporate_action_announcements — Corporate action announcements
get_corporate_action_announcement — Single announcement by ID
get_stock_bars — Historical OHLCV bars
get_stock_quotes — Historical bid/ask quotes
get_stock_trades — Historical trades
get_stock_latest_bar — Latest minute bar
get_stock_latest_quote — Latest quote
get_stock_latest_trade — Latest trade
get_stock_snapshot — Comprehensive snapshot
get_most_active_stocks — Most active by volume/trade count
get_market_movers — Top gainers and losers
get_crypto_bars — Historical OHLCV bars
get_crypto_quotes — Historical quotes
get_crypto_trades — Historical trades
get_crypto_latest_bar — Latest minute bar
get_crypto_latest_quote — Latest quote
get_crypto_latest_trade — Latest trade
get_crypto_snapshot — Comprehensive snapshot
get_crypto_latest_orderbook — Latest orderbook
get_option_bars — Historical OHLCV bars
get_option_trades — Historical trades
get_option_latest_trade — Latest trade
get_option_latest_quote — Latest quote with bid/ask and exchange info
get_option_snapshot — Snapshot with Greeks and IV
get_option_chain — Full option chain for an underlying
get_option_exchange_codes — Exchange code to name mapping
get_corporate_actions — Corporate action announcements from market data
get_news — News articles for stocks and crypto
get_fixed_income_latest_quotes — Latest quotes for fixed income securities by ISIN
get_index_latest_values — Latest values for market indices
get_index_values — Historical values for market indices
get_locates — List locate requests filtered by status, symbol, or date range
create_locate — Create a locate request for a short sale
get_locate — Get a single locate request by ID
get_locate_quotes — Get locate availability and pricing for symbols

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