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alpaca guard for Claude Desktop

io.github.evidai/alpaca-guard

Alpaca trading API with hard daily USD cap guard. Paper trading default; live opt-in.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install alpaca guard in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alpaca-guard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "alpaca-guard-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ALPACA_API_KEY": "<ALPACA_API_KEY>",
        "ALPACA_SECRET_KEY": "<ALPACA_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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