AI Trading Tools README

TradingAgentStack MCP server

A small, read-only MCP server that lets Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients search the TradingAgentStack directory: AI trading agents, broker MCP servers, market data APIs, Telegram bots, agent wallets and exchanges. Each entry includes paper vs live trading, order approval, the published safety score, pricing, rate limits, an official source and a last-checked date.

It can't place trades or connect to any broker. It only reads the open dataset in ../data/tools.json (CC BY 4.0).

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_tools(query, category?, limit?)`	Keyword search, with an optional category filter
`get_tool(slug)`	Full record for one tool, e.g. `alpaca-mcp-server`
`compare_brokers(a, b)`	Side-by-side comparison of two tools
`list_categories()`	Categories with counts

Example prompts: "Which broker MCP servers support paper trading?", "Compare Alpaca MCP and Tradier MCP on safety controls."

Install

Needs Node.js 18 or later.

Claude Desktop

Add this to claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config):

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tradingagentstack": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "tradingagentstack-mcp"] }
  }
}

Cursor

Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tradingagentstack": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "tradingagentstack-mcp"] }
  }
}

Claude Code

Terminal

claude mcp add tradingagentstack -- npx -y tradingagentstack-mcp

From source

bash

git clone https://github.com/intoApex/ai-trading-tools && cd ai-trading-tools/mcp-server
npm install && npm test        # copies ../data/tools.json and runs a stdio smoke test
node src/index.js              # or point your client's "command" at this file

The server uses the dataset bundled with the package. To use the latest data from GitHub instead, set TRADINGAGENTSTACK_LIVE=1; it falls back to the bundled copy if the fetch fails.

License

The code is MIT. The data is CC BY 4.0 and should be credited to TradingAgentStack (tradingagentstack.com). Not financial advice.