Overview: Real-Time Insights & Enterprise Reliability

Alphavantage MCP Server: Real-time market insights, seamless API integration, and enterprise-grade reliability—your secret weapon for faster, smarter decisions and growth.

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About Overview

What is Overview: Real-Time Insights & Enterprise Reliability?

This project is a streamlined MCP server forked from Cesar Alvernaz’s original work, designed to bridge real-time stock market data from Alphavantage with enterprise-grade reliability. Unlike the predecessor, it’s been battle-tested to eliminate critical bugs, ensuring stable connections and accurate data streams for applications demanding split-second precision.

How to use Overview: Real-Time Insights & Enterprise Reliability?

Start by snagging your Alphavantage API key—head over to their free sign-up portal and claim yours. Next, stash that key securely in your environment variables as ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY. For Claude Desktop users, inject the server into your config file with a JSON snippet like this:


{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alphavantage": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": ["--directory", "/alphavantage", "run", "alphavantage"],
      "env": {"ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY": "YOUR_KEY_HERE"}
    }
  }
}

Overview Features

Key Features of Overview: Real-Time Insights & Enterprise Reliability?

Tick-by-tick precision: Pulls live stock data without latency hiccups
Crash-resistant backbone: Built to withstand API throttling and network turbulence
No-fluff setup: Configurable in minutes with minimal code adjustments
Security-first: Environment variable storage keeps credentials locked down

Use cases of Overview: Real-Time Insights & Enterprise Reliability?

Overview FAQ

FAQ from Overview: Real-Time Insights & Enterprise Reliability?

Do I need a paid Alphavantage plan?: No—the free tier works, but higher-rate access boosts throughput.
What if the server crashes?: Auto-retry logic kicks in, but manual restarts are a quick fix for edge cases.
Can I customize data endpoints?: Yes, tweak the args array to point at custom API routes.

Content

Overview

This is a fork of Cesar Alvernaz's "Alphavantage MCP server". It fixes a few bugs which were preventing the server from working correctly.

Alphavantage MCP Server

A MCP server for the stock market data API, Alphavantage API.

Configuration

Getting an API Key

Sign up for a Free Alphavantage API key
Add the API key to your environment variables as ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alphavantage": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "<DIRECTORY>/alphavantage",
        "run",
        "alphavantage"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}