getHistoricalData
Get historical data for a stock.
LABSCO SUMMARY
Price questions get answered where the discussion is happening, not in a second browser tab.
Both calls take a ticker symbol and read: nothing places an order, holds a portfolio or watches for a threshold. The only shaping on offer is interval and outputsize on the history call, so any comparison, average or alert has to be worked out by whatever is reading the output.
What it is
A read-only market-data server that answers price questions for a stock symbol behind an Alpha Vantage key.
What you get
- getStockQuote returns the current quote for a ticker symbol.
- getHistoricalData returns a price series for a symbol, shaped by interval and outputsize.
Requirements
An Alpha Vantage API key, supplied as ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY.
Setup effort
One command plus a key — npx -y findata-mcp-server, then supply credentials
USE CASES
01
Answering what a ticker is trading at right now
Give the symbol and take back the current quote, without leaving the conversation to check it.
02
Walking a price back over a window to check a claim
Pull the series at the interval that matches the claim, sized by outputsize, and read it against where the stock sits today.
2 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
getStockQuote
Get the current quote for a stock.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools when we connected. Both tools read. The project plans more tools for technical analysis and company overview, so later versions may have more.
Requires
- npx on PATH
- ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY in your environment
Where it runs
The documented client runs the server on your machine.
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 2 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
npx -y findata-mcp-serverMCP Clients
Claude Desktop
CLAUDE DESKTOP · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"alphaVantage": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"findata-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_ALPHA_VANTAGE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
