What is the Alpha Vantage MCP Server?

The Alpha Vantage MCP Server gives AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor direct access to Alpha Vantage. Access stock market data via Alpha Vantage — get real-time quotes, time series, technical indicators and crypto/forex data from any AI agent. Powered by the Vinkius AI Gateway — no API keys, no infrastructure, connect in under 2 minutes.

Alpha Vantage MCP Server: see your AI Agent in action

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Built-in capabilities (13)

get_company_overview

Useful for fundamental analysis and stock screening. Get company overview and fundamentals

get_crypto_daily

Requires the crypto symbol (e.g. "BTC") and the market currency (e.g. "USD"). Returns daily price data with dates. Get daily cryptocurrency prices

get_daily_time_series

Optionally set outputsize to "compact" (last 100 data points, default) or "full" (20+ years of data). Returns daily price data with dates. Get daily stock time series

get_earnings

Useful for earnings analysis and identifying beats/misses. Get earnings history for a stock

get_forex_daily

Requires the from symbol (e.g. "EUR") and to symbol (e.g. "USD"). Returns daily OHLCV forex data with dates. Get daily foreign exchange rates

get_intraday_time_series

Optionally set interval (1min, 5min, 15min, 30min, 60min) and outputsize. Returns price data at the specified interval. Useful for day trading analysis. Get intraday stock time series

get_monthly_time_series

Each data point represents a month of trading. Useful for long-term trend analysis and portfolio review. Get monthly stock time series

get_news_sentiment

Each article includes title, summary, source, sentiment scores (bullish/bearish score) and relevance score. Optionally filter by topics and limit the number of results. Get news sentiment for stock tickers

get_quote

Returns current trading data including change and change percent. Useful for quick price checks. Get real-time stock quote

get_rsi

RSI measures momentum on a 0-100 scale; above 70 indicates overbought, below 30 indicates oversold. Optionally set interval, time period and series type (close, open, high, low). Get Relative Strength Index (RSI) indicator

get_sector_performance

Returns change percentages for each sector. Get real-time sector performance

get_weekly_time_series

Each data point represents a week of trading. Useful for medium-term trend analysis. Get weekly stock time series

search_symbol

Returns best matches with symbol, name, type and region. Useful for discovering the correct symbol before querying price data. Search for stock symbols by keywords

What this connector unlocks

Connect to Alpha Vantage APIs through any AI agent and explore global financial markets through natural conversation.

What you can do

  • Real-Time Quotes — Get current stock prices, volume, high/low, open and previous close
  • Time Series — Access daily, weekly, monthly and intraday OHLCV data with 20+ years of history
  • Technical Indicators — Calculate RSI, SMA, EMA, MACD, Bollinger Bands and 50+ other indicators
  • Company Fundamentals — Retrieve company overview, market cap, PE ratio, EPS and earnings history
  • Sector Performance — Monitor real-time performance of all 11 market sectors
  • News Sentiment — Fetch news articles with sentiment scores for stock tickers
  • Crypto & Forex — Get daily cryptocurrency and foreign exchange rate data

How it works

1. Subscribe to this server
2. Enter your Alpha Vantage API Key (free at alphavantage.co)
3. Start exploring financial markets from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

No more navigating complex financial terminals to check stock prices or technical indicators. Your AI acts as a dedicated market data analyst.

Who is this for?

  • Traders — quickly check quotes, review time series and calculate technical indicators without opening a trading platform
  • Investors — explore company fundamentals, earnings history and sector performance for portfolio research
  • Developers — access market data programmatically for building financial applications and analysis tools
  • Students — learn about technical analysis, market trends and financial data through interactive conversation

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