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alpaca guard for Zed

io.github.evidai/alpaca-guard

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

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install alpaca guard in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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