What is the io.github.evidai/alpaca-guard MCP server?
Alpaca trading API with hard daily USD cap guard. Paper trading default; live opt-in.
How to install io.github.evidai/alpaca-guard
Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.
transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.Environment / auth
ALPACA_API_KEYsecretAlpaca API key. Leave unset for paper trading mode.
ALPACA_SECRET_KEYsecretAlpaca secret key.
Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"alpaca-guard": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"alpaca-guard-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ALPACA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ALPACA_API_KEY>",
"ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_ALPACA_SECRET_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"alpaca-guard": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"alpaca-guard-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ALPACA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ALPACA_API_KEY>",
"ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_ALPACA_SECRET_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"alpaca-guard": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"alpaca-guard-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ALPACA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ALPACA_API_KEY>",
"ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_ALPACA_SECRET_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"alpaca-guard": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"alpaca-guard-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ALPACA_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ALPACA_API_KEY>",
"ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "<YOUR_ALPACA_SECRET_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Code
claude mcp add alpaca-guard --env ALPACA_API_KEY=<YOUR_ALPACA_API_KEY> --env ALPACA_SECRET_KEY=<YOUR_ALPACA_SECRET_KEY> -- npx -y alpaca-guard-mcpRelated MCP servers
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