Alphavantage MCP server

The Alpha Vantage MCP Server provides access to stock market data through the Alpha Vantage API, allowing you to integrate financial data into your AI applications using the Model Context Protocol standard.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

To use the Alpha Vantage MCP server, you'll need to obtain an API key:

1. Sign up for a Free Alphavantage API key
2. Add the API key to your environment variables as ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY

Installation

Clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/calvernaz/alphavantage.git

Setting Up with Claude Desktop

To configure the MCP server with Claude Desktop, add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alphavantage": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "<DIRECTORY-OF-CLONED-PROJECT>/alphavantage",
        "run",
        "alphavantage"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

Important: Replace <DIRECTORY-OF-CLONED-PROJECT> with the actual directory path where you cloned the repository, and YOUR_API_KEY_HERE with your Alpha Vantage API key.

Usage

Once configured, you can access stock market data through Claude Desktop by referencing the Alpha Vantage MCP server. The server handles retrieving financial data from the Alpha Vantage API and presents it in a format that Claude can understand and process.

You can ask Claude for various financial data points, including:

• Stock quotes
• Company information
• Historical pricing data
• Technical indicators

Simply reference financial data in your prompts to Claude, and the MCP server will retrieve the relevant information.

How to add this MCP server to Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.