Alpha Vantage MCP Server
Stock, forex, crypto and economic data plus technical indicators from Alpha Vantage.
Officialby Alpha VantageHosted or on your computerChecked October 18, 2026
Alpha Vantage's official MCP server turns its market data API into tools for stock prices, options, company fundamentals, earnings, news sentiment, forex, crypto, commodities and economic indicators. The free API key allows 25 requests per day, and you can connect through the hosted server or run it locally with uvx.
Who it is for
- Individual investors
- Finance students and researchers
- Developers prototyping trading or portfolio tools
Prompts to try
Once it is connected, ask in plain words. Claude decides when to use the server and asks before it changes anything important.
Show me Apple's quarterly revenue and earnings per share for the last two years.Calculate the 50-day and 200-day moving averages for MSFT and tell me if they crossed recently.What is the EUR to USD exchange rate today, and how has it moved over the past month?How to connect it
In Claude Code
claude mcp add alphavantage -- uvx marketdata-mcp-server YOUR_API_KEY
In the Claude desktop app
Customize > Connectors > Discover: search Alpha Vantage, then select Connect to Claude
Hosted address: https://mcp.alphavantage.co/mcp
Good to know
Get a free key at alphavantage.co first; the hosted connector asks for it on an authorization page instead of in the URL.
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How we checked it
Checked the official alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp repo (MIT, last commit 2026-10), the marketdata-mcp-server package on PyPI, the registry entry (io.github.alphavantage/alpha_vantage_mcp) and the Claude directory listing; the hosted endpoint answers with an OAuth challenge.