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
Real-time options chain data with Greeks and implied volatility
Historical options chain data with advanced filtering and sorting
Comprehensive ETF profile data with holdings, sector allocation, and key metrics
Upcoming earnings calendar with customizable time horizons
Historical earnings data with annual and quarterly reports
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

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:

bash

npx -y @smithery/cli install @berlinbra/alpha-vantage-mcp --client claude

Development/Unpublished Servers Configuration

json

{
 "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": ""
   }
  }
 }
}

Install packages

code

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:

code

uv run src/alpha_vantage_mcp/server.py

with inspector

code

* 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 twelve 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-realtime-options: Get real-time options chain data with Greeks and implied volatility
get-historical-options: Get historical options chain data with advanced filtering and sorting capabilities
get-etf-profile: Get comprehensive ETF profile information including holdings and sector allocation
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-earnings-calendar: Get upcoming earnings calendar data for companies
get-historical-earnings: Get historical earnings data for a specific company

get-stock-quote

Input Schema:

json

{
    "symbol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)"
    }
}

Example Response:

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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:

json

{
    "symbol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)"
    }
}

Example Response:

code

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:

json

{
    "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:

code

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 with optional date filtering.

Input Schema:

json

{
    "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). When start_date or end_date is specified, defaults to 'full'",
        "default": "compact"
    },
    "start_date": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format for filtering results",
        "pattern": "^20[0-9]{2}-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(?:0[1-9]|[12](0-9)|3[01])$"
    },
    "end_date": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: End date in YYYY-MM-DD format for filtering results",
        "pattern": "^20[0-9]{2}-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(?:0[1-9]|[12](0-9)|3[01])$"
    },
    "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Optional: Number of data points to return when no date filtering is applied (default: 5)",
        "default": 5,
        "minimum": 1
    }
}

Example Response (Recent Data):

code

Time Series Data for AAPL (Last Refreshed: 2024-12-17 16:00:00):
(Showing 5 most recent data points)

Date: 2024-12-16
Open: $195.09
High: $197.68
Low: $194.83
Close: $197.57
Volume: 55,751,011
---
Date: 2024-12-13
Open: $194.50
High: $196.25
Low: $193.80
Close: $195.12
Volume: 48,320,567
---

Example Response (Date Range Filtering):

code

Time Series Data for AAPL (Last Refreshed: 2024-12-17 16:00:00):
Date Range: 2024-12-01 to 2024-12-07 (5 data points)

Date: 2024-12-06
Open: $191.25
High: $193.80
Low: $190.55
Close: $192.90
Volume: 52,145,890
---
Date: 2024-12-05
Open: $189.75
High: $192.40
Low: $188.90
Close: $191.30
Volume: 47,892,345
---

get-realtime-options

Retrieves real-time options chain data for a stock with optional Greeks calculation and contract filtering.

⚠️ PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED: This endpoint requires Alpha Vantage Premium with either the 600 requests/minute or 1200 requests/minute plan. The standard 75 requests/minute plan and free accounts will receive placeholder/demo data instead of real market data. For most use cases, consider using get-historical-options which works with all API key tiers.

Input Schema:

json

{
    "symbol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Stock symbol (e.g., AAPL, MSFT)"
    },
    "require_greeks": {
        "type": "boolean",
        "description": "Optional: Enable Greeks and implied volatility calculation (default: false)",
        "default": false
    },
    "contract": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Specific options contract ID to retrieve"
    },
    "datatype": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Response format (json or csv, default: json)",
        "enum": ["json", "csv"],
        "default": "json"
    }
}

Example Response:

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Realtime Options Data for AAPL
Last Updated: 2025-01-21 16:00:00

=== Expiration: 2025-01-24 ===

Strike: $220.0 (CALL)
Last: $5.25
Bid: $5.10
Ask: $5.30
Volume: 1250
Open Interest: 8420
IV: 0.28
Delta: 0.65
Gamma: 0.02
Theta: -0.15
Vega: 0.45
Rho: 0.12
---

Strike: $220.0 (PUT)
Last: $1.85
Bid: $1.80
Ask: $1.90
Volume: 820
Open Interest: 5240
IV: 0.25
Delta: -0.35
Gamma: 0.02
Theta: -0.12
Vega: 0.42
Rho: -0.08
---

Note: The above example shows real market data which is only available with Alpha Vantage Premium 600+ requests/minute plans. Users with free accounts or 75 requests/minute plans will see placeholder data (symbols like "XXYYZZ", dates like "2099-99-99") and should use get-historical-options instead.

get-historical-options

Retrieves historical options chain data with advanced filtering and sorting capabilities to find specific contracts.

Input Schema:

json

{
    "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])$"
    },
    "expiry_date": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Filter by expiration date in YYYY-MM-DD format",
        "pattern": "^20[0-9]{2}-(?:0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(?:0[1-9]|[12](0-9)|3[01])$"
    },
    "min_strike": {
        "type": "number",
        "description": "Optional: Minimum strike price filter (e.g., 100.00)",
        "minimum": 0
    },
    "max_strike": {
        "type": "number",
        "description": "Optional: Maximum strike price filter (e.g., 200.00)",
        "minimum": 0
    },
    "contract_id": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Filter by specific contract ID (e.g., MSTR260116C00000500)"
    },
    "contract_type": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Filter by contract type (call or put)",
        "enum": ["call", "put", "C", "P"]
    },
    "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Optional: Number of contracts to return after filtering (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 (Basic):

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Historical Options Data for AAPL (2024-02-20):
Status: success
Found 156 contracts, sorted by: strike (asc)

Contract Details:
Contract ID: AAPL240315C00190000
Expiration: 2024-03-15
Strike: $190.00
Type: call
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
---

Example Response (Filtered):

code

Historical Options Data for MSTR (2024-02-20):
Status: success
Filters: Expiry: 2026-01-16, Strike: min $400 - max $600, Type: call
Found 3 contracts, sorted by: strike (asc)

Contract Details:
Contract ID: MSTR260116C00000500
Expiration: 2026-01-16
Strike: $500.00
Type: call
Last: $125.30
Bid: $124.50
Ask: $126.10
Volume: 89
Open Interest: 1234
---

get-etf-profile

Retrieves comprehensive ETF profile information including basic metrics, sector allocation, and top holdings.

Input Schema:

json

{
    "symbol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "ETF symbol (e.g., QQQ, SPY, VTI)"
    }
}

Example Response:

code

ETF profile for QQQ:

ETF Profile

Basic Information:
Net Assets: $352,700,000,000
Net Expense Ratio: 0.200%
Portfolio Turnover: 8.0%
Dividend Yield: 0.50%
Inception Date: 1999-03-10
Leveraged: NO

Sector Allocation:
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: 51.9%
COMMUNICATION SERVICES: 15.4%
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: 12.2%
CONSUMER STAPLES: 4.8%
HEALTHCARE: 4.5%
INDUSTRIALS: 4.4%
UTILITIES: 1.4%
MATERIALS: 1.3%
ENERGY: 0.5%
FINANCIALS: 0.4%

Top Holdings:
 1. NVDA - NVIDIA CORP: 9.80%
 2. MSFT - MICROSOFT CORP: 8.85%
 3. AAPL - APPLE INC: 7.35%
 4. AMZN - AMAZON.COM INC: 5.65%
 5. AVGO - BROADCOM INC: 5.14%
 6. META - META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A: 3.63%
 7. NFLX - NETFLIX INC: 3.10%
 8. TSLA - TESLA INC: 2.66%
 9. GOOGL - ALPHABET INC CLASS A: 2.49%
10. COST - COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP: 2.49%

... and 92 more holdings

Total Holdings: 102

get-crypto-daily

Retrieves daily time series data for a cryptocurrency.

Input Schema:

json

{
    "symbol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)"
    },
    "market": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)",
        "default": "USD"
    }
}

Example Response:

code

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:

json

{
    "symbol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)"
    },
    "market": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)",
        "default": "USD"
    }
}

Example Response:

code

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:

json

{
    "symbol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Cryptocurrency symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH)"
    },
    "market": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Market currency (e.g., USD, EUR)",
        "default": "USD"
    }
}

Example Response:

code

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
---

get-earnings-calendar

Retrieves upcoming earnings calendar data for companies with customizable time horizons and sorting capabilities.

Input Schema:

json

{
    "symbol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Stock symbol to filter earnings for a specific company (e.g., AAPL, MSFT, IBM)"
    },
    "horizon": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Time horizon for earnings data (3month, 6month, or 12month)",
        "enum": ["3month", "6month", "12month"],
        "default": "12month"
    },
    "limit": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Optional: Number of earnings entries to return (default: 100)",
        "default": 100,
        "minimum": 1
    },
    "sort_by": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Field to sort by",
        "enum": ["reportDate", "symbol", "name", "fiscalDateEnding", "estimate"],
        "default": "reportDate"
    },
    "sort_order": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Optional: Sort order",
        "enum": ["asc", "desc"],
        "default": "desc"
    }
}

Example Response (Default - Latest First):

code

Earnings calendar (12month):

Upcoming Earnings Calendar (Sorted by reportDate desc):

Company: NVDA - NVIDIA Corp
Report Date: 2025-08-15
Fiscal Date End: 2025-07-31
Estimate: $4.25 USD
---
Company: AAPL - Apple Inc
Report Date: 2025-07-30
Fiscal Date End: 2025-06-30
Estimate: $1.85 USD
---
Company: MSTR - MicroStrategy Inc
Report Date: 2025-05-08
Fiscal Date End: 2025-03-31
Estimate: $1.30 USD
---
Company: MSTR - MicroStrategy Inc
Report Date: 2025-02-06
Fiscal Date End: 2024-12-31
Estimate: $1.25 USD
---

Example Response (Sorted by Symbol):

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Earnings calendar (12month):

Upcoming Earnings Calendar (Sorted by symbol asc):

Company: AAPL - Apple Inc
Report Date: 2025-07-30
Fiscal Date End: 2025-06-30
Estimate: $1.85 USD
---
Company: GOOGL - Alphabet Inc
Report Date: 2025-04-25
Fiscal Date End: 2025-03-31
Estimate: $2.15 USD
---
Company: MSTR - MicroStrategy Inc
Report Date: 2025-02-06
Fiscal Date End: 2024-12-31
Estimate: $1.25 USD
---

get-historical-earnings

Retrieves historical earnings data for a specific company, including both annual and quarterly reports.

Input Schema:

json

{
    "symbol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Stock symbol for the company (e.g., AAPL, MSFT, IBM)"
    },
    "limit_annual": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Optional: Number of annual earnings to return (default: 5)",
        "default": 5,
        "minimum": 1
    },
    "limit_quarterly": {
        "type": "integer",
        "description": "Optional: Number of quarterly earnings to return (default: 8)",
        "default": 8,
        "minimum": 1
    }
}

Example Response:

code

Historical Earnings for MSTR:

=== ANNUAL EARNINGS ===
Fiscal Year End: 2023-12-31
Reported EPS: $5.40
---
Fiscal Year End: 2022-12-31
Reported EPS: $-9.98
---

=== QUARTERLY EARNINGS ===
Fiscal Quarter End: 2024-09-30
Reported Date: 2024-10-30
Reported EPS: $1.10
Estimated EPS: $0.98
Surprise: +$0.12 (+12.24%)
Report Time: post-market
---
Fiscal Quarter End: 2024-06-30
Reported Date: 2024-08-01
Reported EPS: $1.05
Estimated EPS: $0.92
Surprise: +$0.13 (+14.13%)
Report Time: post-market
---

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.

Alpha Vantage Mcp

Documentation

Alpha Vantage MCP Server

Features

Installation

Using Claude Desktop

Installing via Docker

Installing via Smithery

Install packages

Running

Available Tools

get-stock-quote

get-company-info

get-crypto-exchange-rate

get-time-series

get-realtime-options

get-historical-options

get-etf-profile

get-crypto-daily

get-crypto-weekly

get-crypto-monthly

get-earnings-calendar

get-historical-earnings

Error Handling

Prerequisites

Contributors

Contributing

License

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