Stocks MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides real-time access to financial market data through the free Alpha Vantage API. This server implements a standardized interface for retrieving stock quotes and company information.
Features
- Real-time stock quotes with price, volume, and change data
- Detailed company information including sector, industry, and market cap
- Real-time cryptocurrency exchange rates with bid/ask prices
- Daily, weekly, and monthly cryptocurrency time series data
- Historical options chain data with advanced filtering and sorting
- Built-in error handling and rate limit management
Installation
Using Claude Desktop
-
Clone the repository and build a local image to be utilized by your Claude desktop client
-
Change your
claude_desktop_config.jsonto match the following, replacingREPLACE_API_KEYwith your actual key:
claude_desktop_config.jsonpath
- On MacOS:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json- On Windows:
%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphavantage": {
"command": "python",
"args": [
"-m",
"alpha_vantage_mcp.server",
"run",
"server.py"
],
"env": {
"ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY": "insert_your_alpha_api_key",
"PYTHONPATH": "Path to the server.py"
}
}
}
}
Install packages
uv add -r requiremets.txt .
Running
After connecting Claude client with the MCP tool via json file and installing the packages, Claude should see the server's mcp tools:
You can run the sever yourself via: In alpha-vantage-mcp repo:
uv run src/alpha_vantage_mcp/server.py
Available Tools
The server implements eight tools:
get-stock-quote: Get the latest stock quote for a specific companyget-company-info: Get stock-related information for a specific companyget-time-series: Get historical daily price data for a stockget-historical-options: Get historical options chain data with sorting capabilitiesget-crypto-exchange-rate: Get current cryptocurrency exchange ratesget-crypto-daily: Get daily time series data for a cryptocurrencyget-crypto-weekly: Get weekly time series data for a cryptocurrencyget-crypto-monthly: Get monthly time series data for a cryptocurrency
get-stock-quote
Input Schema:
{
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)"
}
}
Example Response:
Stock quote for AAPL:
Price: $198.50
Change: $2.50 (+1.25%)
Volume: 58942301
High: $199.62
Low: $197.20
get-company-info
Retrieves detailed company information for a given symbol.
Input Schema:
{
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)"
}
}
Example Response:
Company information for AAPL:
Name: Apple Inc
Sector: Technology
Industry: Consumer Electronics
Market Cap: $3000000000000
Description: Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones...
Exchange: NASDAQ
Currency: USD
get-crypto-exchange-rate
Retrieves real-time cryptocurrency exchange rates with additional market data.
Input Schema:
{
"crypto_symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)"
},
"market": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)",
"default": "USD"
}
}
Example Response:
Cryptocurrency exchange rate for BTC/USD:
From: Bitcoin (BTC)
To: United States Dollar (USD)
Exchange Rate: 43521.45000
Last Updated: 2024-12-17 19:45:00 UTC
Bid Price: 43521.00000
Ask Price: 43522.00000
get-time-series
Retrieves daily time series (OHLCV) data.
Input Schema:
{
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)"
},
"outputsize": {
"type": "string",
"description": "compact (latest 100 data points) or full (up to 20 years of data)",
"default": "compact"
}
}
Example Response:
Time Series Data for AAPL (Last Refreshed: 2024-12-17 16:00:00):
Date: 2024-12-16
Open: $195.09
High: $197.68
Low: $194.83
Close: $197.57
Volume: 55,751,011
get-historical-options
Retrieves historical options chain data with advanced sorting and filtering capabilities.
Input Schema:
{
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)"
},
"date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional: Trading date in YYYY-MM-DD format (defaults to previous trading day, must be after 2008-01-01)",
"pattern": "^20[0-9]{2}-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(?:0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Optional: Number of contracts to return (default: 10, use -1 for all contracts)",
"default": 10,
"minimum": -1
},
"sort_by": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional: Field to sort by",
"enum": ["strike", "expiration", "volume", "open_interest", "implied_volatility", "delta", "gamma", "theta", "vega", "rho", "last", "bid", "ask"],
"default": "strike"
},
"sort_order": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional: Sort order",
"enum": ["asc", "desc"],
"default": "asc"
}
}
Example Response:
Historical Options Data for AAPL (2024-02-20):
Contract 1:
Strike: $190.00
Expiration: 2024-03-15
Last: $8.45
Bid: $8.40
Ask: $8.50
Volume: 1245
Open Interest: 4567
Implied Volatility: 0.25
Greeks:
Delta: 0.65
Gamma: 0.04
Theta: -0.15
Vega: 0.30
Rho: 0.25
Contract 2:
...
get-crypto-daily
Retrieves daily time series data for a cryptocurrency.
Input Schema:
{
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)"
},
"market": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)",
"default": "USD"
}
}
Example Response:
Daily cryptocurrency time series for SOL in USD:
Daily Time Series for Solana (SOL)
Market: United States Dollar (USD)
Last Refreshed: 2025-04-17 00:00:00 UTC
Date: 2025-04-17
Open: 131.31000000 USD
High: 131.67000000 USD
Low: 130.74000000 USD
Close: 131.15000000 USD
Volume: 39652.22195178
---
Date: 2025-04-16
Open: 126.10000000 USD
High: 133.91000000 USD
Low: 123.46000000 USD
Close: 131.32000000 USD
Volume: 1764240.04195810
---
get-crypto-weekly
Retrieves weekly time series data for a cryptocurrency.
Input Schema:
{
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)"
},
"market": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)",
"default": "USD"
}
}
Example Response:
Weekly cryptocurrency time series for SOL in USD:
Weekly Time Series for Solana (SOL)
Market: United States Dollar (USD)
Last Refreshed: 2025-04-17 00:00:00 UTC
Date: 2025-04-17
Open: 128.32000000 USD
High: 136.00000000 USD
Low: 123.46000000 USD
Close: 131.15000000 USD
Volume: 4823091.05667581
---
Date: 2025-04-13
Open: 105.81000000 USD
High: 134.11000000 USD
Low: 95.16000000 USD
Close: 128.32000000 USD
Volume: 18015328.38860037
---
get-crypto-monthly
Retrieves monthly time series data for a cryptocurrency.
Input Schema:
{
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)"
},
"market": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)",
"default": "USD"
}
}
Example Response:
Monthly cryptocurrency time series for SOL in USD:
Monthly Time Series for Solana (SOL)
Market: United States Dollar (USD)
Last Refreshed: 2025-04-17 00:00:00 UTC
Date: 2025-04-17
Open: 124.51000000 USD
High: 136.18000000 USD
Low: 95.16000000 USD
Close: 131.15000000 USD
Volume: 34268628.85976021
---
Date: 2025-03-31
Open: 148.09000000 USD
High: 180.00000000 USD
Low: 112.00000000 USD
Close: 124.54000000 USD
Volume: 42360395.75443056
---
requirements
- Python 3.12 or higher
- httpx
- mcp