Alphavantage Api
Provides API guidance and assistance for agent workflows.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add alphavantage-api npx -- -y @trustedskills/alphavantage-api
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphavantage-api": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/alphavantage-api"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
The Alphavantage API skill enables AI agents to access real-time and historical financial market data, including stock quotes, forex rates, and cryptocurrency prices. It allows agents to retrieve comprehensive time-series data for technical analysis and market monitoring across global exchanges.
When to use it
- Fetching live stock prices or historical performance metrics for portfolio tracking.
- Retrieving foreign exchange (forex) rates for currency conversion tasks.
- Accessing cryptocurrency market data for digital asset valuation.
- Gathering economic indicators or technical analysis data for trading strategies.
Key capabilities
- Real-time and delayed stock quotes retrieval.
- Historical time-series data access for charting and analysis.
- Forex and currency pair rate lookups.
- Cryptocurrency price and market cap information.
- Technical indicators calculation support (e.g., moving averages, RSI).
Example prompts
- "Get the last 30 days of closing prices for Apple stock."
- "What is the current exchange rate between USD and EUR?"
- "Retrieve the latest Bitcoin price and market capitalization."
Tips & gotchas
Ensure your AI agent includes a valid API key in the request headers, as the service requires authentication. Be mindful of rate limits imposed by Alphavantage to avoid service interruptions during high-frequency data requests.
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