Alpha Vantage Financial Data Connector for MCP

This is an MCP server implementation designed to interface with the Alpha Vantage RESTful API, enabling the acquisition of equity trading records to serve as contextual input for large language models.

Exposed Functionality

• getStockQuote: Retrieves the most recent trading price and volume information for a specified ticker symbol.
• getHistoricalData: Fetches time-series data for an equity across configurable frequencies (e.g., daily, weekly, or monthly).
• (Further analytical utilities for technical indicators and corporate fundamentals are scheduled for future augmentation.)

Deployment Instructions

Automated Installation via Smithery

To integrate this Financial Data Service into Claude Desktop automatically using Smithery:

bash npx -y @smithery/cli install findata-mcp-server --client claude

Manual Integration

bash npm install findata-mcp-server

Configuration in Host Application

1. Secure an access credential from Alpha Vantage: https://www.alphavantage.co/support/#api-key.

2. Configure your MCP host environment (e.g., Claude Desktop) to establish a connection to this server:

JSON { "mcpServers": { "alphaVantageConnector": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "findata-mcp-server"], "env": { "ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_API_KEY_HERE" } } } }

Available Methods (Tools)

getStockQuote

Fetches the instantaneous market data for a security.

Input Parameters:

symbol: The universally recognized ticker identifier (e.g., 'GOOGL') Output Structure Example:

getHistoricalData

Retrieves granular historical trading records for a security.

Input Parameters:

• symbol: The security's ticker symbol (e.g., 'MSFT')
• interval: The temporal resolution of the returned records (daily, weekly, or monthly). Defaults to daily.
• outputsize: Specifies the volume of returned records (compact for recent data or full for the complete history). Defaults to compact. Output:

A JSON structure containing the requested historical dataset. The precise schema is contingent upon the selected interval setting.

Collaboration

Community contributions are highly encouraged. Kindly submit feature requests or code improvements via an issue or pull request.

Licensing Information

This project is distributed under the MIT License.

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