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Alpaca MCP connector

The Alpaca connector brings live and historical stock and crypto market data, news, and top movers into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent, so anyone on your team can ask about prices in plain language.

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ChatGPT Elaichi connected

Show me latest quotes for AAPL, MSFT and NVDA.

Working in Alpaca with Elaichi

  • List all Alpaca stocks bars
  • List all Alpaca stock bars
  • List all Alpaca stocks trades
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Alpaca List all Alpaca stocks trades Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Alpaca List all Alpaca stock bars Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Alpaca List all Alpaca stocks bars Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Alpaca List all Alpaca stock trades Megan Brooks · Claude · 9:38 AM Done
Alpaca List all Alpaca stocks quotes Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Alpaca to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Alpaca MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Alpaca MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Alpaca MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Alpaca MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Alpaca MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Alpaca to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

What teams do with Alpaca through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Alpaca is logged.

  • Trading

    Check a price before the desk decides

    Ask for the latest quote and trade on a ticker, plus the current bid and ask spread, and get the numbers back in the conversation before anyone commits.

  • Research

    Pull a week of bars for a chart

    Request daily or intraday bars for a list of stocks over any date range and have the agent summarize the move, the range, and the volume without opening a spreadsheet.

  • Finance

    Mark the portfolio at today's prices

    Fetch a snapshot for every holding at once and let the agent tally the day's change across the book for the morning update.

  • Content

    Draft the market recap from live movers

    Ask for today's biggest gainers and losers and the latest Alpaca news on them, then have the agent draft the newsletter paragraph.

  • Client services

    Answer a client's question about a ticker

    When a client asks why a stock dropped, pull the recent trades, the news headlines, and the day's snapshot in one ask and reply with a clear explanation.

  • Product

    Compare crypto prices across venues

    Ask for the best bid and offer across exchanges for a coin and the latest crypto bars, so the team can see where liquidity sits before a launch.

Try asking

  • “Show me latest quotes for AAPL, MSFT and NVDA.”
  • “Compare daily bars for SPY over the last two weeks.”
  • “List crypto trades for BTC/USD from this morning.”

See all 74 Alpaca tools →

What connecting Alpaca gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Alpaca account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Show me latest quotes for AAPL, MSFT and NVDA.

Compare daily bars for SPY over the last two weeks.

List crypto trades for BTC/USD from this morning.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about bars and quotes, get answers.

Plain language questions answered from live Alpaca bars, trades and quotes.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

AI apps

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Alpaca here.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Alpaca stocks bars List List aggregate historical OHLCV bar data for multiple stock symbols in Alpaca over a specified time period. Returns bars keyed by symbol, each with t (timestamp), o (open), h (high), l (low), c (close), v (volume), n (trade count), and vw (volume-weighted average price). Required: symbols.
List all Alpaca stock bars List List aggregate historical bars for a single stock symbol in Alpaca. Returns: bars, symbol. Required: symbol.
List all Alpaca stocks trades List List historical trade data for multiple Alpaca stock symbols over a specified time period. Returns: trades, next_page_token. Required: symbols.
List all Alpaca stock trades List Trades. Required: symbol.
List all Alpaca stocks quotes List List NBBO quotes for multiple Alpaca stock symbols over a specified time period. Returns the quotes object — a map of symbol to arrays of NBBO quote objects including t, ax, ap, as, bx, bp, bs, c, z — plus next_page_token. Required: symbols. Results sorted by symbol then timestamp; the first page may contain only one symbol if it fills the page limit.

Tool catalog

74 Alpaca tools ready without custom code.

Browse every Alpaca resource and method, from stock snapshots to crypto trades.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Trading toolbox

Alpaca · quotes and trades

Alpaca starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Research toolbox

Alpaca · bars and snapshots

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Risk toolbox

Alpaca · price history and exposure

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Crypto desk toolbox

Alpaca · crypto bars and trades

Alpaca starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Operations toolbox

Alpaca · trade records and reconciliation

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Client reporting toolbox

Alpaca · snapshots and daily bars

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every desk gets its own Alpaca toolbox.

Toolboxes scoped per team decide which Alpaca tools that team sees.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
AL

Alpaca (Trading desk)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
AL

Alpaca (Research)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
AL

Alpaca (Risk)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
AL

Alpaca (Crypto desk)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
AL

Alpaca (Operations)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
AL

Alpaca (Client reporting)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Teammates query Alpaca without touching a key.

See who connected each Alpaca account and which teams and members share it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Alpaca Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Alpaca Bars Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Alpaca Bars List Toolbox

Audit log

Every Alpaca call has a name on it.

When, who, what happened, type and resource, appended for each Alpaca request.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Alpaca digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch bars

    Alpaca

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Alpaca

    Queued

Automations

A schedule fires, a digest posts back.

Six steps fetch Alpaca bars, group them, draft a digest, then wait for approval.

Alpaca health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the bars collection

Live

Bars

1,284 ↓ 12%

Trades

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Bars created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Trading desk 34%

Research 27%

Risk 21%

Crypto desk 18%

Collections and dashboards

Alpaca numbers computed, not asked for.

Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Alpaca

All three can connect Alpaca to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Alpaca, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Alpaca tools Allow or restrict single Alpaca tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Alpaca call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Alpaca tools for your AI agents

74 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Alpaca, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

Questions, answered

How do I connect Alpaca to Claude?

Connect Alpaca in Elaichi first by pasting your Alpaca API key when prompted. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in to Elaichi as yourself and Alpaca market data is available in Claude.

Does Alpaca work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Alpaca is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Alpaca once and every client picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Alpaca data?

With Alpaca connected, an agent can look up the latest quote, trade, and snapshot for a stock or crypto pair, pull historical bars over any date range, show the spread between bid and ask, list today's top movers, and read recent market news. Because Alpaca has a large set of actions, short concrete asks such as "latest quote for AAPL" work better than long sentences. The agent finds the right action and returns the numbers in the conversation.

Does connecting Alpaca give the AI access to everything in my account?

No. The agent can only reach what the Alpaca API key you connected can reach, and this connector covers market data such as bars, quotes, trades, snapshots, news, and movers. Elaichi can narrow that further with restrictions, but it can never widen it beyond what the connected Alpaca key allows.

Can my team share one Alpaca connection?

Yes. One person connects Alpaca with their API key and shares the connection with a team in Elaichi. Nobody else ever sees or handles the key, and each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the person who asked for each Alpaca quote or bar.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Alpaca?

The Alpaca connector in Elaichi reads market data, so its actions look up bars, quotes, trades, snapshots, news, and movers rather than placing orders or editing anything. Restrictions still apply per action, so you can switch off any Alpaca action you do not want used. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to an Alpaca connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Alpaca at once, in every client they used. If the Alpaca connection was shared with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. Disconnecting Alpaca once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and every other client at the same time.

Does the Alpaca MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Alpaca is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Alpaca?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Alpaca. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Alpaca call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Alpaca?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Alpaca: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Alpaca in front of your team

14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot