alpaca_bars
Pack: alpaca · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/alpaca/mcp
Historical US stock OHLCV bars with per-bar VWAP and trade count. Timeframes 1Min/5Min/15Min/1Hour/1Day; intraday bars include pre-market and after-hours sessions on the IEX feed. Each bar: {t, o, h, l, c, v, vwap, trades}. Use start/end ISO timestamps or a lookback shorthand like “2h”, “5d”. Multiple symbols comma-separated (max 20). BYOK Alpaca (free account). Example: alpaca_bars({ symbols: “AAPL”, timeframe: “5Min”, lookback: “1d”, _apiKey: “key_id:secret_key” })
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
symbols | string | yes | Comma-separated ticker symbols, e.g. “AAPL,MSFT” (max 20) |
timeframe | string | no | Bar size: “1Min”, “5Min”, “15Min”, “1Hour”, or “1Day” (default “5Min”) |
start | string | no | Start time, ISO/RFC-3339 (e.g. “2026-07-18T09:30:00-04:00”) or date “2026-07-18” |
end | string | no | End time, ISO/RFC-3339 or date (default: now) |
lookback | string | no | Shorthand window ending now, instead of start/end: e.g. “30m”, “2h”, “1d”, “5d”, “2w” |
limit | number | no | Max bars per symbol to return, 1-1000 (default 100) |
_apiKey | string | yes |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/alpaca/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"alpaca_bars","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"alpaca": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/alpaca/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.