Alphavantage MCP Server

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A MCP server for the stock market data API, Alphavantage API.

What is Alphavantage MCP Server

Alphavantage MCP Server

A MCP server for the stock market data API, Alphavantage API.

Configuration

Getting an API Key

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

Clone the project

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

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

NOTE Make sure you replace the <DIRECTORY-OF-CLONED-PROJECT> with the directory of the cloned project.

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

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