Alpha Vantage 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
- Historical options chain data with advanced filtering and sorting
- Built-in error handling and rate limit management
Installation
Using Claude Desktop
Installing via Docker
Clone the repository and build a local image to be utilized by your Claude desktop client
cd alpha-vantage-mcp
docker build -t mcp/alpha-vantage .
Change your claude_desktop_config.json to match the following, replacing REPLACE_API_KEY with your actual key:
claude_desktop_config.json path
- On MacOS:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- On Windows:
%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphavantage": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"-e",
"ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY",
"mcp/alpha-vantage"
],
"env": {
"ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY": "REPLACE_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}
Installing via Smithery
To install Alpha Vantage MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @berlinbra/alpha-vantage-mcp --client claude
Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"alpha-vantage-mcp": {
"args": [
"--directory",
"/Users/{INSERT_USER}/YOUR/PATH/TO/alpha-vantage-mcp",
"run",
"alpha-vantage-mcp"
],
"command": "uv",
"env": {
"ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY": "<insert api key>"
}
}
}
}
Install packages
uv install -e .
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
with inspector
* npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory /Users/{INSERT_USER}/YOUR/PATH/TO/alpha-vantage-mcp run src/alpha_vantage_mcp/server.py `
Available Tools
The server implements five tools:
get-stock-quote: Get the latest stock quote for a specific companyget-company-info: Get stock-related information for a specific companyget-crypto-exchange-rate: Get current cryptocurrency exchange ratesget-time-series: Get historical daily price data for a stockget-historical-options: Get historical options chain data with sorting capabilities
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:
...
Error Handling
The server includes comprehensive error handling for various scenarios:
- Rate limit exceeded
- Invalid API key
- Network connectivity issues
- Timeout handling
- Malformed responses
Error messages are returned in a clear, human-readable format.
Prerequisites
- Python 3.12 or higher
- httpx
- mcp
Contributors
Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.
