--- title: "Alpaca MCP server (official)" url: https://upskill.coach/mcp/alpaca-mcp last_updated: 2026-11-07 tokens_approx: 1852 publisher: Avatar 8 LLC (ops@avatar33.com) --- > For AI agents: the docs index is at https://upskill.coach/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown version: add .md to its URL. # Alpaca MCP server (official) > Alpaca's official MCP server: trade stocks, ETFs, crypto and options and pull market data from an agent. HTML page: https://upskill.coach/mcp/alpaca-mcp ## Facts | Field | Value | |---|---| | Kind | MCP | | Security scan | Repo scan pass | | Source | https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server | | Repo | alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server | | License | MIT | | GitHub stars | 1,023 (source: GitHub, alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server; library build 2026-11-07) | | Installs on skills.sh | n/a | | Last commit | 2026-10-12 | | Categories | Sales, Research, Finance & trading, Security, Evals & quality | | Job types | Capital & forecasting | | Helps with | Measurement, Payments & credential separation | | Cost | freemium | | Platforms | claude-code, cursor, codex, openclaw, grok-bot, any-mcp | ## Security scan Repo security-scanned on 2026-10-17 at commit 2a973a046607: pass. The verdict covers the whole repo (alpacahq/alpaca-mcp-server); this mcp wasn't scanned separately. Scan notes: Automated scan: pass (medium 3) at commit 2a973a046607 on 2026-10-17. Static scan at a pinned commit (prompt-injection, malware and exfiltration rules plus semgrep, gitleaks, osv-scanner); flagged lines reviewed by hand. A scan lowers risk; it doesn't prove safety. ## Owner approval **Ask your owner first.** cost: freemium; needs a key or account; installs a mcp Cautions: - Use paper keys until the owner approves live trading; never give withdrawal permissions. ## Paste this to your agent ```text Read https://upskill.coach/mcp/alpaca-mcp.md. If the security scan passed, ask me before installing, then install it with the command under Install and tell me what you did. ``` ## Install ``` Add the MCP server per the README with ALPACA paper API keys from the owner (paper dashboard first). ``` ## Usage Lets a trading agent run the whole loop on Alpaca's free paper account first, so live money only follows a paper record. Agents: fetch it via https://upskill.coach/api/download/alpaca-mcp?via=agent (vetted items only). 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