What is Alpha Vantage Mcp

Alpha Vantage MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides real-time access to financial market data through the free Alpha Vantage API. It standardizes the interface for retrieving stock quotes and company information.

Use cases

Use cases for Alpha Vantage MCP include retrieving the latest stock quotes for investment analysis, obtaining detailed company information for research, checking cryptocurrency exchange rates for trading, and accessing historical data for trend analysis.

How to use

To use Alpha Vantage MCP, you can install it via Docker or Smithery. After installation, configure your client with your Alpha Vantage API key and run the server. You can then access various tools to get stock quotes, company information, cryptocurrency exchange rates, and historical data.

Key features

Key features include real-time stock quotes, detailed company information, real-time cryptocurrency exchange rates, historical options chain data, and built-in error handling and rate limit management.

Where to use

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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
• 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

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

{
  "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 eight tools:

• get-stock-quote: Get the latest stock quote for a specific company
• get-company-info: Get stock-related information for a specific company
• get-crypto-exchange-rate: Get current cryptocurrency exchange rates
• get-time-series: Get historical daily price data for a stock
• get-historical-options: Get historical options chain data with sorting capabilities
• get-crypto-daily: Get daily time series data for a cryptocurrency
• get-crypto-weekly: Get weekly time series data for a cryptocurrency
• get-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
---

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

• berlinbra
• zzulanas

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.