Alpha Vantage
Wire real-time quotes, symbol lookup, and technical indicators into agent-assisted fintech or research prototypes without hand-rolling market-data clients.
Overview
com.mcparmory/alpha-vantage is an MCP server for the Build phase that lets agents track stock prices, search symbols, and compute 50+ technical indicators via Alpha Vantage–backed tools.
What is this MCP server?
- Fetch stock prices and historical series through MCP tools callable from Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
- Search and resolve ticker symbols before charting or alert logic.
- Compute 50+ technical indicators (RSI, MACD, moving averages, and related signals) from bundled server capabilities.
- Ship via uvx (mcparmory-alpha-vantage on PyPI) or OCI image ghcr.io/mcparmory/alpha-vantage:1.0.3 with stdio transport.
- Version 1.0.3 in the MCP Armory registry with GitHub source at mcparmory/registry.
- 50+ technical indicators supported per server description
- Server version 1.0.3 with PyPI and OCI (ghcr.io/mcparmory/alpha-vantage:1.0.3) packages
Community signal: 25 GitHub stars.
What problem does it solve?
Agents cannot pull live market data or standard technical indicators unless you embed HTTP client code and API knowledge in every prompt.
Who is it for?
Indie builders shipping finance dashboards, alert bots, or research side projects who already have an Alpha Vantage API key and want MCP-native market data in the IDE.
Skip if: Teams needing audited market-data licensing, low-latency trading execution, or compliance-grade feeds without their own vendor agreements.
What do I get? / Deliverables
After registration, your agent can resolve tickers, fetch prices, and request indicator calculations through MCP without you rewriting Alpha Vantage endpoints each time.
- Agent-callable tools for quotes, symbol search, and indicator requests
- Repeatable local or containerized MCP server instance on stdio
Recommended MCP Servers
Journey fit
Market-data access is most often needed while integrating external APIs into a product under active development. Alpha Vantage is an integration surface (stdio MCP over PyPI or Docker), not a standalone research report—builders attach it when backends or agents need price and indicator feeds.
How it compares
MCP market-data integration, not a hosted charting app or agent skill for portfolio strategy.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is com.mcparmory/alpha-vantage for?
Solo builders and small teams who develop with AI coding agents and need stock quotes, symbol search, and technical indicators inside Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
When should I use com.mcparmory/alpha-vantage?
Use it during Build when integrating market-data features into a SaaS, CLI, or agent workflow and you want the model to call Alpha Vantage operations through MCP instead of manual API snippets.
How do I add com.mcparmory/alpha-vantage to my agent?
Register the server in your MCP client config using stdio with uvx mcparmory-alpha-vantage or the ghcr.io/mcparmory/alpha-vantage Docker image, set your Alpha Vantage API key in the environment, and restart the agent host.