Alphavantage MCP server

This MCP server provides access to Alphavantage's stock market data API through the Model Context Protocol. It allows Claude to retrieve real-time and historical stock information directly from Alphavantage's services.

Installation and Setup

Getting an API Key

Before using the Alphavantage 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

Setting Up the Server

You'll need to have uv installed to run the server. The server should be installed in a directory of your choice.

Configuration with Claude Desktop

To use the Alphavantage MCP server with Claude Desktop, you need to update your configuration file.

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

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

Make sure to:

• Replace <DIRECTORY> with the actual path to your alphavantage directory
• Replace YOUR_API_KEY_HERE with your actual Alphavantage API key

Using the MCP Server

Once configured, Claude will be able to access stock market data through the Alphavantage API. You can ask Claude questions about stock prices, historical data, and other financial information available through the Alphavantage API.

For example, try asking:

• "What's the current price of AAPL stock?"
• "Show me historical data for Microsoft stock over the last month"
• "Compare the performance of TSLA and AMZN over the past quarter"

The MCP server will handle the API requests to Alphavantage and return the data to Claude for analysis and presentation.

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.