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Alpaca Guard

io.github.evidai/alpaca-guard ยท v0.1.1

Alpaca trading API with hard daily USD cap guard. Paper trading default; live opt-in.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add alpaca-guard -e ALPACA_API_KEY=<ALPACA_API_KEY> -e ALPACA_SECRET_KEY=<ALPACA_SECRET_KEY> -- npx -y [email protected]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alpaca-guard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALPACA_API_KEY": "<ALPACA_API_KEY>",
        "ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "<ALPACA_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alpaca-guard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALPACA_API_KEY": "<ALPACA_API_KEY>",
        "ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "<ALPACA_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "alpaca-guard": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALPACA_API_KEY": "<ALPACA_API_KEY>",
        "ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "<ALPACA_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
ALPACA_API_KEY
Optional, secret
Alpaca API key. Leave unset for paper trading mode.
ALPACA_SECRET_KEY
Optional, secret
Alpaca secret key.

Details

Package[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
First published16 May 2026
Last updated16 May 2026
Registry nameio.github.evidai/alpaca-guard

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