# Alpha Vantage MCP (MCP server)

> Alpha Vantage MCP is an MCP server that enables LLMs and agentic workflows to seamlessly interact with real-time and historical stock market data through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Add this server to your favorite apps such as Claude… It has 218 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs as a remote server at https://mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp.

The official Alpha Vantage API MCP server enables LLMs and agentic workflows to seamlessly interact with real-time and historical stock market data through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Add this server to your favorite apps such as Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and many more to give them access to comprehensive financial data.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp |
| GitHub stars | 218 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | sse |
| Packages | none (remote only) |
| Remote URL | https://mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai |
| Category | Finance |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Oct 3, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp |

## Install

### Claude Desktop

```
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp
```

Remote servers are added as a custom connector, not in claude_desktop_config.json.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport sse alpha-vantage-mcp "https://mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp"
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alpha-vantage-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "alpha-vantage-mcp": {
      "type": "sse",
      "url": "https://mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Tools

- `core_stock_apis`: TIMESERIESINTRADAY, TIMESERIESDAILY, TIMESERIESDAILYADJUSTED, TIMESERIESWEEKLY, TIMESERIESWEEKLYADJUSTED,…
- `options_data_apis`: REALTIMEOPTIONS, REALTIMEOPTIONSFMV, HISTORICALOPTIONS
- `alpha_intelligence`: NEWSSENTIMENT, EARNINGSCALLTRANSCRIPT, TOPGAINERSLOSERS, INSIDERTRANSACTIONS, INSTITUTIONALHOLDINGS,…
- `fundamental_data`: COMPANYOVERVIEW, COMPANYLOGO, INCOMESTATEMENT, BALANCESHEET, CASHFLOW, EARNINGS, LISTINGSTATUS, EARNINGSCALENDAR,…
- `forex`: FXINTRADAY, FXDAILY, FXWEEKLY, FXMONTHLY
- `cryptocurrencies`: CURRENCYEXCHANGERATE, DIGITALCURRENCYINTRADAY, DIGITALCURRENCYDAILY, DIGITALCURRENCYWEEKLY, DIGITALCURRENCYMONTHLY
- `commodities`: WTI, BRENT, NATURALGAS, COPPER, ALUMINUM, WHEAT, CORN, COTTON, SUGAR, COFFEE, GOLDSILVERSPOT, GOLDSILVERHISTORY,…
- `economic_indicators`: REALGDP, REALGDPPERCAPITA, TREASURYYIELD, FEDERALFUNDSRATE, CPI, INFLATION, RETAILSALES, DURABLES, UNEMPLOYMENT,…
- `technical_indicators`: SMA, EMA, WMA, DEMA, TEMA, TRIMA, KAMA, MAMA, VWAP, T3, MACD, MACDEXT, STOCH, STOCHF, RSI, STOCHRSI, WILLR, ADX, ADXR,…
- `ping`: PING, ADDTWONUMBERS
- `congress`: CONGRESSTRADES, POLITICIANMETADATA

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