The Alpha Vantage MCP server provides a Model Context Protocol server for accessing stock market data through the Alpha Vantage API. It enables AI assistants and applications to retrieve financial market information programmatically.
Before using the Alpha Vantage MCP server, you need to get an API key:
export ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
The simplest way to use the Alpha Vantage MCP server:
# Run directly without installation
uvx alphavantage-mcp
# Or with specific arguments
uvx alphavantage-mcp --server http --port 8080
Install and run using pip:
pip install alphavantage-mcp
alphavantage-mcp
Clone and run from the repository:
git clone https://github.com/calvernaz/alphavantage.git
cd alphavantage
uv run alphavantage
Standard MCP server mode used for tools like Claude Desktop:
alphavantage
# or explicitly:
alphavantage --server stdio
This mode provides real-time updates via HTTP streaming:
alphavantage --server http --port 8080
For secure access, add OAuth 2.1 authentication:
alphavantage --server http --port 8080 --oauth
When using OAuth authentication, set these environment variables:
Required:
export OAUTH_AUTHORIZATION_SERVER_URL="https://your-auth-server.com/realms/your-realm"
export OAUTH_RESOURCE_SERVER_URI="https://your-mcp-server.com"
Optional:
# Token validation method (default: jwt)
export OAUTH_TOKEN_VALIDATION_METHOD="jwt"
# For JWT validation
export OAUTH_JWT_PUBLIC_KEY="-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\n...\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----"
export OAUTH_JWT_ALGORITHM="RS256"
# For token introspection validation
export OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_ENDPOINT="https://your-auth-server.com/realms/your-realm/protocol/openid-connect/token/introspect"
export OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_CLIENT_ID="your-client-id"
export OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_CLIENT_SECRET="your-client-secret"
# Optional: Required scopes (space-separated)
export OAUTH_REQUIRED_SCOPES="mcp:access mcp:read"
# Optional: Enable session binding (default: true)
export OAUTH_SESSION_BINDING_ENABLED="true"
export OAUTH_AUTHORIZATION_SERVER_URL="https://keycloak.example.com/realms/mcp-realm"
export OAUTH_RESOURCE_SERVER_URI="https://mcp.example.com"
export OAUTH_TOKEN_VALIDATION_METHOD="introspection"
export OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_ENDPOINT="https://keycloak.example.com/realms/mcp-realm/protocol/openid-connect/token/introspect"
export OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_CLIENT_ID="mcp-server"
export OAUTH_INTROSPECTION_CLIENT_SECRET="your-keycloak-client-secret"
export OAUTH_REQUIRED_SCOPES="mcp:access"
# Start server with OAuth
alphavantage --server http --port 8080 --oauth
The server includes optional Prometheus metrics for monitoring:
# Enable telemetry (default: true)
export MCP_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=true
# Server identification (optional)
export MCP_SERVER_NAME=alphavantage
export MCP_SERVER_VERSION=1.0.0
# Metrics server port (default: 9464)
export MCP_METRICS_PORT=9464
Access metrics at:
http://localhost:9464/metrics
For production deployment on AWS Lambda:
cd deploy/aws-stateless-mcp-lambda
export ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
./deploy.sh
Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphavantage": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["alphavantage-mcp"],
"env": {
"ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
If you cloned the repository:
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphavantage": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"<DIRECTORY-OF-CLONED-PROJECT>/alphavantage",
"run",
"alphavantage"
],
"env": {
"ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphavantage": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["alphavantage-mcp", "--server", "http", "--port", "8080"],
"env": {
"ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "alphavantage" '{"command":"uv","args":["--directory","<DIRECTORY-OF-CLONED-PROJECT>/alphavantage","run","alphavantage"],"env":{"ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY":"YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"}}'See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
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.
To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".
When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphavantage": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"<DIRECTORY-OF-CLONED-PROJECT>/alphavantage",
"run",
"alphavantage"
],
"env": {
"ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}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.
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 explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphavantage": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"<DIRECTORY-OF-CLONED-PROJECT>/alphavantage",
"run",
"alphavantage"
],
"env": {
"ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
}
}
}
}3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect