Capital.com MCP Server

Self-hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Capital.com Open API, written in Python on FastMCP. It exposes 42 safe, guarded trading and market-data tools — two-phase execution, allowlists, demo-first — to any MCP client, over stdio or HTTP. Built on the tested capitalcom-cli broker engine (SDK).

Works with Claude Desktop · Claude Code · Cursor · VS Code (Copilot) · Windsurf · ChatGPT — any MCP client.

⚠️ Unofficial & educational. Not affiliated with Capital.com. Trading is risky and this is not financial advice. Trading is disabled by default; all trades are two-phase (preview → confirm → execute) with allowlists and size/rate limits. Start on a demo account. Apache-2.0 licensed.

Install

No clone required — uvx runs it in an isolated, throwaway environment and always fetches the latest tested release:

uvx capitalcom-mcp --help        # smoke test

Or install a persistent command with pipx:

pipx install capitalcom-mcp

Pinning for production / real-money use

uvx capitalcom-mcp always runs the latest published release. That is fine for trying it out, but for production or real-money use, pin the exact version so an unexpected update can't change tool behavior under you:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capitalcom": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["capitalcom-mcp==0.3.4"],
      "env": { "CAP_ENV_FILE": "/Users/you/.config/capital-mcp/.env" }
    }
  }
}

The CLI form is uvx capitalcom-mcp==0.3.4 run …. Pin to a version you have reviewed, and bump deliberately after reading the CHANGELOG.

1. Add your credentials (once)

Get an API key in the Capital.com app: Settings → API integrations (make a demo key first). Then run the wizard — it writes a 0600 file and prints the exact client snippet:

uvx capitalcom-mcp init

This writes ~/.config/capital-mcp/.env. Verify any time (no secrets printed):

uvx capitalcom-mcp doctor

Inspect the full effective configuration (redacted, offline) or confirm your credentials actually authenticate:

uvx capitalcom-mcp config          # effective settings + credential source
uvx capitalcom-mcp doctor --login  # verify authentication against the API

Prefer a secret manager? Set CAP_API_KEY_CMD / CAP_IDENTIFIER_CMD / CAP_API_PASSWORD_CMD to a command that prints the secret (e.g. op read op://vault/..., pass ...). The secret is fetched at launch and never written to disk or to your client config.

2. Add the server to your client

Every client uses the same command/args/env shape. Pasting "CAP_ENV_FILE": "<path from init>" keeps secrets out of the client file; or put CAP_API_KEY/CAP_IDENTIFIER/CAP_API_PASSWORD directly in env.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) / %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capitalcom": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["capitalcom-mcp"],
      "env": { "CAP_ENV_FILE": "/Users/you/.config/capital-mcp/.env" }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio \
  --env CAP_ENV_FILE=/Users/you/.config/capital-mcp/.env \
  capitalcom -- uvx capitalcom-mcp

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capitalcom": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["capitalcom-mcp"],
      "env": { "CAP_ENV_FILE": "/Users/you/.config/capital-mcp/.env" }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot)

.vscode/mcp.json — note the root key is servers and type: "stdio":

{
  "servers": {
    "capitalcom": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["capitalcom-mcp"],
      "env": { "CAP_ENV_FILE": "/Users/you/.config/capital-mcp/.env" }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "capitalcom": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["capitalcom-mcp"],
      "env": { "CAP_ENV_FILE": "/Users/you/.config/capital-mcp/.env" }
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT

ChatGPT requires a remote server (stdio is not supported) — see Remote / VPS hosting. Once your server is reachable over HTTPS, enable Developer Mode (Settings → Connectors → Advanced) and add the server URL ending in /mcp. ChatGPT Deep Research connectors call two read-only tools, search and fetch, which this server implements; full custom tools require Developer Mode.

Remote / VPS hosting

Run with streamable-HTTP instead of stdio:

CAP_ENV_FILE=/home/you/.config/capital-mcp/.env \
  capitalcom-mcp run --transport http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
# endpoint: http://<host>:8000/mcp

Or via env (handy in systemd): CAP_MCP_TRANSPORT=http, CAP_MCP_HOST, CAP_MCP_PORT. Put it behind a TLS-terminating reverse proxy for any public use.

What's inside — tools, resources & prompts

This server exposes 42 tools, 4 resources, and 7 guided prompts. All tool names are prefixed cap_ except the two ChatGPT Deep Research adapters (search, fetch). Mutating tools require confirm=true; trades are two-phase. The full surface is a stable contract — see API stability.

Session & account

Tool	What it does
cap_session_status	Current login/session state.
cap_session_login	Authenticate (optionally force=true).
cap_session_ping	Keep-alive / liveness check.
cap_session_logout	End the session.
cap_session_switch_account	Switch the active trading account.
cap_account_list	List accounts and the active account id.
cap_account_preferences_get	Read account preferences (e.g. hedging mode).
cap_account_preferences_set	Update preferences (confirm required).
cap_account_history_activity	Account activity history.
cap_account_history_transactions	Transaction history.
cap_account_demo_topup	Top up a demo balance (confirm required).

Market data

Tool	What it does
cap_market_search	Search instruments by term.
cap_market_get	Full market details + snapshot for an EPIC.
cap_market_navigation_root	Top-level market navigation nodes.
cap_market_navigation_node	Drill into a navigation node.
cap_market_prices	Historical OHLC candles.
cap_market_sentiment	Client long/short positioning.

Trading (read → preview → execute → manage)

Tool	What it does
cap_trade_positions_list	Open positions.
cap_trade_positions_get	One position by deal id.
cap_trade_orders_list	Working (pending) orders.
cap_trade_confirm_get	Fetch a deal confirmation by reference.
cap_trade_confirm_wait	Poll until a deal confirms (or times out).
cap_trade_preview_position	Phase 1: validate a market position (no execution).
cap_trade_preview_working_order	Phase 1: validate a working order.
cap_trade_execute_position	Phase 2: execute a previewed position (confirm).
cap_trade_execute_working_order	Phase 2: place a previewed working order (confirm).
cap_trade_positions_close	Close a position (confirm).
cap_trade_orders_cancel	Cancel a working order (confirm).
cap_trade_positions_amend	Amend stop/limit on a position (confirm).
cap_trade_orders_amend	Amend a working order (confirm).

Watchlists

Tool	What it does
cap_watchlists_list	List watchlists.
cap_watchlists_get	Get one watchlist's markets.
cap_watchlists_create	Create a watchlist (confirm).
cap_watchlists_add_market	Add an EPIC (confirm).
cap_watchlists_remove_market	Remove an EPIC (confirm).
cap_watchlists_delete	Delete a watchlist (confirm).

Streaming (WebSocket; requires CAP_WS_ENABLED=true)

Tool	What it does
cap_stream_prices	Live bid/ask updates for EPICs.
cap_stream_candles	Live OHLC candle updates.
cap_stream_alerts	Threshold price alerts.
cap_stream_portfolio	Live position/P&L updates.

ChatGPT Deep Research adapters

Tool	What it does
search	Read-only instrument search (ChatGPT connector contract).
fetch	Read-only instrument fetch by id (ChatGPT connector contract).

Resources

URI	What it returns
cap://status	Session/connection status snapshot.
cap://risk-policy	Active risk policy (trading flag, caps).
cap://allowed-epics	The trading EPIC allowlist.
cap://market-cache/{epic}	Cached market snapshot for an EPIC.

Guided prompts

Prompts are reusable workflows your client can launch by name. They emit step-by-step guidance that orchestrates the tools above — they never trade on their own.

Prompt	Purpose
market_scan	Scan a watchlist for opportunities (prices + sentiment).
trade_proposal	Design a risk-sized trade and validate it via preview.
execute_trade	Safely execute a previously previewed trade.
position_review	Review open positions and working orders.
live_price_monitor	Stream prices and flag threshold moves.
real_time_alerts	Configure and watch live price alerts.
live_portfolio_monitor	Stream live portfolio P&L with a threshold.

Safety model

• Trading off unless CAP_ALLOW_TRADING=true and the EPIC is in CAP_ALLOWED_EPICS (or ALL).
• Two-phase execution; confirm=true required for mutations.
• Size, open-position, and daily-order caps; CAP_DRY_RUN=true blocks all executions. A TIMEOUT confirmation is ambiguous — reconcile, don't blindly retry.

Development

make install   # editable MCP + capitalcom-cli SDK from PyPI
make check     # ruff + mypy + pytest (offline; no network/credentials)

End-to-end tests drive every tool through the MCP against the demo API (read, watchlists, account switch, preview/execute/amend/close/cancel, streaming). They place real demo orders and clean up after themselves, so use a demo .env with trading + streaming enabled:

# demo .env: CAP_ALLOW_TRADING=true, CAP_ALLOWED_EPICS=GOLD, CAP_WS_ENABLED=true
CAP_MCP_E2E=1 pytest -m e2e -v

Contributing

Contributions are welcome — this is a community project. Start with CONTRIBUTING.md, browse good first issues, and see the roadmap for where it's heading. The architecture and a worked "add a tool" example are in docs/extending.md.

License

Apache-2.0. See LICENSE and NOTICE.