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Claude Alpha Vantage connectorWhat Claude can do in your Alpha Vantage account.

The Claude Alpha Vantage connector exposes 126 tools. 124 read market data, 0 write anything, 2 are undocumented. Here: what Claude can pull for a stock, a currency or the economy, the API key you need first, and where the sources disagree.

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Overview

What changes when Claude can query market data

Alpha Vantage provides financial market data: prices for stocks, ETFs, funds, options, currencies and commodities, company fundamentals, economic indicators and more than 50 technical indicators. Connected to Claude, it lets you ask a market question in plain words; Claude picks the right data series among 126 tools, reads the numbers and answers with a table, a summary or a chart.

A week of prices, explained. Ask for last week's data on a stock: Claude calls TIME_SERIES_DAILY, the tool the publisher's own example uses for IBM, and comments on the move instead of handing you raw figures.

Technical analysis without a terminal. Hourly prices from TIME_SERIES_INTRADAY plus RSI give Claude what it needs to plot both and tell you where the stock stands.

Fundamentals in one question. EARNINGS, INCOME_STATEMENT and COMPANY_OVERVIEW let Claude compare reported results with estimates or walk you through a company's accounts.

What Claude will not do here: by default the directory sheet only exposes reading. No tool places an order, manages a portfolio or alerts you when a price crosses a level. Two tools, CRYPTO_INTRADAY and EARNINGS_ESTIMATES, have no official description. Background watching of that kind is an automation tool's job, a different trade; the Integrations hub covers it.

Vocabulary

Six words before you connect

The vocabulary you will meet with Claude and Alpha Vantage.

Connector
The link you set up once between Claude and an outside service, so Claude can use it while it answers you.
Tool
One named capability a connector gives Claude. Claude picks the ones it needs; here each tool matches one Alpha Vantage data series.
Authorization
The service's own sign-in step. For Alpha Vantage, it is a page where you enter your API key and click Authorize Access.
Approval
The confirmation Claude waits for before going ahead with something that changes an account, shown in the conversation when it matters.
API key
The personal code Alpha Vantage gives you to access its data. The connector asks for it once, when you connect.
MCP
The shared standard behind connectors: it is what lets an assistant like Claude query an outside service such as Alpha Vantage.
Connect

Connect Alpha Vantage to Claude in three steps

  1. 01

    Find Alpha Vantage in Claude

    Open Claude's settings, go to Customize, then Connectors, and look for Alpha Vantage in the list. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner enables the connector before members can sign in.

  2. 02

    Start the connection

    Click Connect on its row and follow the window Alpha Vantage opens. If the link breaks, or to use a different key, Disconnect and connect again, as the publisher suggests.

  3. 03

    Authorize with your key

    On Alpha Vantage's authorization page, enter your API key and confirm with Authorize Access. That page belongs to Alpha Vantage, not to Claude, and it decides what the access covers.

Tools

The 126 Alpha Vantage tools, by what they do

Alpha Vantage MCP Server gives Claude 126 tools: 124 that read your account, 0 that change something in it, and 2 no official source describes.

Two groups: what Claude reads, and what no official source describes. Each documented tool matches one Alpha Vantage data series; names stay as Claude shows them.

  • 124 read
  • 2 not documented

What Claude reads (124)

124 tools

Prices, fundamentals, economic series and indicators, all read without changing anything.

AD

Chaikin's accumulation/distribution line comes back as a series of values, which lets Claude judge whether volume has been flowing into or out of a stock over the period you name.

When it helps
a share price is drifting up on thin news and you wonder whether buying pressure really supports the rise.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ADD_TWO_NUMBERS

A demonstration tool from the publisher: it adds two numbers and returns the sum, with no market data involved at all.

When it helps
you just connected Alpha Vantage and want proof that Claude reaches the server before asking a real question.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ADOSC

Chaikin A/D oscillator values, a faster reading built on the accumulation/distribution line, are what Claude receives from this call, ready to plot under the price.

When it helps
you trade swings over a few weeks and want an earlier hint that buying pressure is fading on a stock you hold.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ADX

Average directional movement index values measure how strong a trend is, whatever its direction, and Claude can chart or summarise them for you.

When it helps
before following a breakout on an energy stock, you want to know whether the trend behind it is strong or feeble.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ADXR

This returns the average directional movement index rating, a smoothed version of trend strength that Claude can set against the raw index on one chart.

When it helps
you find the raw trend-strength line too jumpy and want a calmer version for a weekly portfolio review.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ALL_COMMODITIES

One call brings back prices for all commodities together, so Claude can compare raw materials without querying each market separately.

When it helps
a procurement manager wants a one-page view of how energy, metals and crops have evolved this quarter.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ALUMINUM

Global aluminum prices come back as a time series, ready for Claude to describe the trend, set it beside other metals or plot it.

When it helps
you buy cans for a brewery and want to see whether the metal behind your packaging costs is climbing again.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ANALYTICS_FIXED_WINDOW

Advanced analytics computed over one fixed window, such as volatility, correlation and performance metrics, which Claude can then interpret for you in plain words.

When it helps
you want the volatility and correlation of three holdings over last year, treated as a single period.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ANALYTICS_SLIDING_WINDOW

Here the same kind of advanced analytics is computed over sliding windows, so Claude sees how volatility or correlation evolved through time rather than as one figure.

When it helps
you suspect two stocks stopped tracking each other at some point and want to see when the correlation broke.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

APO

Absolute price oscillator values, the gap between a fast and a slow average expressed in price units, are returned for Claude to read or graph.

When it helps
you prefer momentum measured in currency rather than percentages when walking a client through a chart.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

AROON

Aroon indicator values show how recently a stock hit its highs and lows, which Claude can use to spot a new trend or a flat range.

When it helps
a stock has gone sideways for months and you want to know whether a fresh trend is starting.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

AROONOSC

The Aroon oscillator condenses the two Aroon lines into one value per period, and this tool hands that series to Claude for reading.

When it helps
you want a single line instead of two to show a junior analyst which way the trend leans.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ATR

Average true range values, a common measure of how far a security typically travels in a period, come back for Claude to translate into plain terms.

When it helps
you are sizing a stop-loss and want it to reflect the stock's normal daily swing, not a guess.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

BALANCE_SHEET

Balance sheets of a listed company, annual and quarterly, come back so Claude can talk about assets, liabilities and equity without you opening a filing.

When it helps
you are checking whether a retailer's debt has grown faster than its assets over recent quarters.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

BBANDS

Bollinger band values, the central average with its upper and lower bands, are returned so Claude can show when a price stretches unusually far from its norm.

When it helps
you want to see whether a recent spike in a biotech stock pushed it outside its usual band.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

BOP

Balance of power values estimate whether buyers or sellers controlled each period, and this call delivers that series to Claude for a quick reading.

When it helps
after a volatile week you want a simple answer on which side dominated the trading sessions of a stock you follow.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

BRENT

Brent crude oil prices arrive as a series that Claude can summarise, compare with the American benchmark or chart in the conversation.

When it helps
an airline analyst wants the recent path of the European oil benchmark before a fuel-cost meeting with the finance team.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

CASH_FLOW

Cash flow statements, annual and quarterly, give Claude the operating, investing and financing flows of a company to explain one by one.

When it helps
a profitable start-up keeps raising money and you want to see whether its operations actually generate cash.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

CCI

Commodity channel index values, which flag prices running far from their average, are passed to Claude so it can tell you when a rally looks stretched.

When it helps
despite the indicator's name, you want it on a tech stock to spot an overheated run before taking profits.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

CMO

Chande momentum oscillator values arrive from this call, another way for Claude to weigh up gains against losses over a period you choose.

When it helps
you compare several momentum measures for a report and want one that treats up and down days symmetrically.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

COFFEE

Global coffee prices are returned as a series, so Claude can tell you how the bean has evolved and over what span the trend holds.

When it helps
you run a café chain and want to anticipate whether suppliers are likely to ask for a price review this year.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

COMPANY_OVERVIEW

Company information together with financial ratios and key metrics comes back in one go, a quick profile Claude can summarise in a paragraph.

When it helps
a recruiter calls about a job at a listed firm you barely know and you want its essentials before calling back.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

COPPER

Global copper prices come back as a series ready for Claude to analyse or set beside aluminum and other metals.

When it helps
you follow construction activity and want copper, often watched as an industrial barometer, on the same chart as aluminum.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

CORN

Global corn prices are returned so Claude can describe the trend over the period you ask for or compare it with wheat and sugar.

When it helps
a feed supplier wants to know whether the cost of its main ingredient has eased since spring, before signing next year's contracts.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

COTTON

This one supplies global cotton prices, which Claude can turn into a trend summary, a comparison with other crops or a chart.

When it helps
a clothing brand is preparing next season's budget and wants context on raw fibre costs before talking to its mills.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

CPI

Consumer Price Index data, the standard basket used to track the cost of living, is returned for Claude to explain and put in perspective.

When it helps
you are negotiating a rent indexation clause with a landlord and want the recent path of consumer prices in plain words.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

CURRENCY_EXCHANGE_RATE

It gives the exchange rate between two currencies, digital or traditional, so Claude can convert or compare at the current level.

When it helps
a freelancer paid in a cryptocurrency wants to know what an invoice is worth in euros right now.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

DEMA

Double exponential average values come back, a line designed to lag less than the classic version, which Claude can plot against the price.

When it helps
you find the usual exponential average too slow to react on a fast small cap and want a quicker alternative.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

DIGITAL_CURRENCY_DAILY

Daily time series for a digital currency, which Claude can chart, summarise or compare with a listed stock over the same days.

When it helps
you want Bitcoin's daily closes for the last month next to those of a payments company you are researching.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

DIGITAL_CURRENCY_MONTHLY

Monthly series for digital currencies give Claude a long view of a crypto asset without the noise of daily swings.

When it helps
the publisher's own example compares gold, silver and Bitcoin over five years, exactly the kind of span where monthly points help.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

DIGITAL_CURRENCY_WEEKLY

Weekly series for a digital currency sit between the daily and monthly views, and Claude can plot them directly or compare two coins.

When it helps
you want a smoother view of Ethereum over a year without losing the turning points that matter to you.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

DIVIDENDS

Covered by the directory's mention of reviewing stock splits and dividends, this tool gives Claude dividend information to go through with you.

When it helps
you are building an income portfolio and want to check a utility's dividend history before buying its shares.

Sourceclaude.com · October 1, 2026 ↗

DURABLES

Durable goods orders, a gauge of demand for long-lasting products such as machines and vehicles, come back as economic data Claude can read.

When it helps
you cover an industrial supplier and want to know whether orders for heavy equipment are picking up again.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

DX

Directional movement index values, the raw ingredient behind trend-strength readings, are what this returns to Claude before any further smoothing.

When it helps
you want to understand how the smoothed trend index is built, starting from its unsmoothed base, for a training session.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

EARNINGS

Earnings data per year and per quarter, which the publisher uses in its own example to compare actual EPS with analyst estimates.

When it helps
you want a chart of a company's earnings surprises over the last four quarters before its next report.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

EARNINGS_CALENDAR

Upcoming earnings releases come back as a calendar, so Claude can tell you which companies report soon and when.

When it helps
you hold a dozen stocks and want to know which of them publish results in the next few weeks, before planning a trip.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

EARNINGS_CALL_TRANSCRIPT

Earnings call transcripts arrive with a sentiment reading produced by a language model, which Claude can quote and summarise for you.

When it helps
you missed a conference call and want the key messages on guidance without reading the whole transcript yourself.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

EMA

Exponential average values, which weigh recent prices more heavily than older ones, come back for Claude to plot or compare with the share price.

When it helps
you want to know whether a stock has just crossed above a widely watched average that commentators keep quoting.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ETF_PROFILE

Tied to the directory's mention of ETF profiles and sector allocations, it lets Claude look at what a fund holds and how it is spread.

When it helps
before buying a clean-energy ETF you want to see which sectors really dominate it.

Sourceclaude.com · October 1, 2026 ↗

FEDERAL_FUNDS_RATE

The federal funds rate, the main US interest-rate benchmark, is returned as a series Claude can explain step by step.

When it helps
you are about to fix a loan rate and want the recent history of the Fed's key rate in context before signing.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

FX_DAILY

Daily foreign exchange rates for a currency pair come back for Claude to chart or summarise over the period you need.

When it helps
an exporter wants to see how the dollar against the euro evolved over the last month before quoting a customer.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

FX_INTRADAY

Intraday foreign exchange rates give Claude the variations within a single trading day for a currency pair you name.

When it helps
you want to know how sterling reacted in the hours after a central bank announcement, while the news is still fresh.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

FX_MONTHLY

Monthly foreign exchange rates offer Claude a long-range view of a currency pair without the noise of daily swings.

When it helps
a finance team wants several years of the yen against the dollar for a budget assumption it has to justify.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

FX_WEEKLY

Weekly foreign exchange rates sit between daily and monthly granularity, which Claude can use for medium-term comparisons and charts.

When it helps
you report to a board each quarter and want a readable currency chart with weekly points rather than a cluttered daily one.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

GLOBAL_QUOTE

The latest price and volume for one ticker come back, the quickest way for Claude to answer what a share is trading at.

When it helps
you are in a meeting and someone asks where a competitor's stock stands today.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

GOLD_SILVER_HISTORY

Historical gold and silver prices, available daily, weekly or monthly, are returned for Claude to compare over time.

When it helps
you want to know how silver has done against gold over the past decade before choosing a precious-metal fund.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

GOLD_SILVER_SPOT

Live spot prices for gold and silver, the current market level rather than a history, come back to Claude in a single call.

When it helps
a jeweller wants today's gold price before quoting a custom ring to a customer waiting in the shop.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

HISTORICAL_OPTIONS

A historical options chain covering more than 15 years is returned, so Claude can look at how options were priced on a past date.

When it helps
you are studying how option prices behaved around a past earnings release of a big tech name.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

HISTORICAL_PUT_CALL_RATIO

Part of the put-call ratios the directory lists for gauging positioning, this tool returns the historical side of that ratio.

When it helps
you want to know whether traders were unusually defensive on a stock in the weeks before a sharp drop.

Sourceclaude.com · October 1, 2026 ↗

HISTORICAL_VOLUME_OPEN_INTEREST_RATIO

Linked to the volume/open-interest ratios in the directory description, it gives Claude the historical version of that ratio to read for unusual build-ups.

When it helps
you are checking whether options activity on a stock had been building before a big jump in its price.

Sourceclaude.com · October 1, 2026 ↗

HT_DCPERIOD

Hilbert transform values for the dominant cycle period, an estimate of the length of the main price cycle, are returned for Claude to read.

When it helps
you suspect a commodity stock rises and falls in regular cycles and want an estimate of how long they last.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

HT_DCPHASE

Dominant cycle phase values, from the Hilbert transform family, tell Claude where a price sits within its current cycle.

When it helps
having found a cycle length, you now want to know whether the stock is near a peak or a trough of it.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

HT_PHASOR

Phasor components from the Hilbert transform come back, the in-phase and quadrature parts that cycle analysts work with, for Claude to pass on or plot.

When it helps
a quant colleague asks for the raw cycle components to feed into their own model and you want them quickly.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

HT_SINE

Sine wave values from the Hilbert transform, used to visualise a price cycle, are delivered to Claude so it can plot them under the chart.

When it helps
you want a visual hint of cyclical turning points on a stock that ranges rather than trends for months.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

HT_TRENDLINE

The Hilbert transform's instantaneous trendline, a smoothed estimate of the underlying trend, is what Claude receives here to set against the price.

When it helps
you want a trend line that reacts faster than a classic average on a volatile index you monitor every morning.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

HT_TRENDMODE

Trend versus cycle mode values from the Hilbert transform indicate whether a market is trending or cycling.

When it helps
before choosing a strategy you want to know whether a stock is in a trending phase or a sideways one.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

INCOME_STATEMENT

Income statements per year and per quarter come back, so Claude can walk through revenue, costs and profit line by line with you.

When it helps
you want to see whether a software firm's margins improved after its price increase last year.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

INDEX_CATALOG

Covered, together with its neighbour, by the directory's mention of more than 200 global market indices; the sheet does not split their roles further.

When it helps
you want to know which world indices Claude can reach before building a comparison.

Sourceclaude.com · October 1, 2026 ↗

INDEX_DATA

Also covered by that sentence on more than 200 global market indices, it is the second of the two index tools on the sheet.

When it helps
you want the recent path of a regional stock index next to that of a fund benchmarked on it.
Watch out
the directory does not say how the work is divided between the two index tools.

Sourceclaude.com · October 1, 2026 ↗

INFLATION

Inflation rates are returned as economic data, which Claude can put in context with prices, wages or interest rates you mention.

When it helps
you are preparing a salary review and want the recent inflation figures to frame the discussion with your team.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

INSIDER_TRANSACTIONS

Latest and historical insider transactions show Claude when executives and directors bought or sold their own company's shares.

When it helps
you want to know whether managers of a company you hold sold shares before last quarter's results were published.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

INSTITUTIONAL_HOLDINGS

Institutional ownership and holdings information reveals which funds own a stock and in what size, for Claude to summarise.

When it helps
you want to see whether large asset managers have been building or trimming positions in a mid-cap you are considering.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

IPO_CALENDAR

Initial public offerings planned in the coming period come back as a calendar, so Claude can list who intends to list soon.

When it helps
you follow a sector and want to know which companies are preparing a stock market debut this season.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

KAMA

Kaufman adaptive average values adjust their speed to market noise, and Claude receives the series to plot against the price.

When it helps
you want an average that stays calm in choppy markets but reacts when a real trend appears on a stock you trade.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

LISTING_STATUS

Listing and delisting data for equities tells Claude whether a security is active or has left the market.

When it helps
an old position statement mentions a ticker you no longer find and you want to know what happened to it.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MACD

Convergence/divergence values, one of the most quoted momentum indicators and widely known as MACD, come back for Claude to interpret.

When it helps
you want to check whether a recent crossover on a bank stock is what a trading forum claims it is.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MACDEXT

A variant of the convergence/divergence indicator in which the type of average can be chosen, delivered to Claude with the settings you give.

When it helps
you want the same momentum reading as usual but built on a different kind of average than the default one.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MAMA

MESA adaptive average values adapt to the dominant cycle of the price, and this call returns them for Claude to draw or compare.

When it helps
you analyse a stock with clear cycles and want an average that follows their rhythm rather than a fixed period.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MARKET_STATUS

Current market status worldwide tells Claude which exchanges are open or closed at this moment, region by region.

When it helps
you are travelling and want to know whether the Tokyo market is trading before placing an order on another exchange later in the evening.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MFI

Money flow index values combine price and volume to flag overbought or oversold conditions, and Claude gets the series to read.

When it helps
you want an overbought signal that also takes trading volume into account, not the price alone.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MIDPOINT

Midpoint values, half of the highest plus the lowest value over a period, are returned for Claude to chart as a centre line.

When it helps
you want a simple middle line for a range-bound stock to explain to a beginner where its centre sits.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MIDPRICE

Midpoint price values, built from the highest high and the lowest low over a period, come back as a series for Claude.

When it helps
you prefer a range centre based on highs and lows rather than on closing values for a chart review.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MINUS_DI

Minus directional indicator values, the downward half of directional movement analysis, are given to Claude to set against the upward half.

When it helps
you want to see whether selling pressure is gaining the upper hand on a stock that just topped out.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MINUS_DM

Minus directional movement values, the raw downward component before any smoothing, are what Claude receives from this call.

When it helps
you are rebuilding a trend-strength calculation in a spreadsheet and need its downward input to check the result against the published series.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

MOM

Momentum values, the simple difference between the latest price and an earlier one, come back for Claude to read without any smoothing.

When it helps
you want the most basic measure of how fast a stock is travelling, the one beginners learn first.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

NATR

Normalised average true range values express typical volatility as a percentage, so Claude can compare stocks with very different prices.

When it helps
you want to know whether a cheap stock is really more volatile than an expensive one, on a fair scale.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

NATURAL_GAS

Henry Hub natural gas spot prices, the US benchmark, are returned for Claude to describe, compare or plot.

When it helps
a factory manager wants to see how gas prices evolved before renegotiating an energy contract with its usual supplier.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

NEWS_SENTIMENT

Live and historical market news with a sentiment score per ticker comes back, letting Claude tell you what the press is saying.

When it helps
a stock dropped this morning and you want to know whether the news flow behind it is negative.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

NONFARM_PAYROLL

Non-farm payroll data, the monthly US jobs figure watched by markets, is returned as economic data Claude can explain.

When it helps
markets reacted sharply on a Friday afternoon and you want the latest jobs figure behind that reaction explained simply.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

OBV

On balance volume values accumulate volume up or down depending on price direction, and Claude gets the resulting line to compare with the chart.

When it helps
you want to know whether volume confirms a breakout on a stock you have been watching for weeks.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

PING

A health check from the publisher that simply answers pong, with no data attached, useful only to confirm the link works.

When it helps
Claude returns errors on every market question and you want to test whether the server answers at all.
Watch out
a correct reply proves the connection, not that your key covers the data you need.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

PLUS_DI

Plus directional indicator values, the upward half of directional movement analysis, are returned to Claude to compare with the downward half.

When it helps
you want to compare buying pressure on two stocks that both broke out last week before choosing one.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

PLUS_DM

Plus directional movement values, the unsmoothed upward component, come back for Claude to use in a calculation or display as is.

When it helps
a student building a trend model by hand needs the upward ingredient to check their own maths.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

PPO

Percentage price oscillator values express the gap between two averages in percent, which lets Claude compare momentum across stocks.

When it helps
you want to compare momentum on a high-priced and a low-priced stock on the same scale in one table.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

REALTIME_BULK_QUOTES

Realtime quotes for up to 100 symbols arrive in a single call, so Claude can scan a whole watchlist at once.

When it helps
you want a snapshot of every stock in your portfolio before the market opens; past 100 lines, it takes more than one call.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

REALTIME_OPTIONS

Realtime US options data comes with the Greeks, so Claude can explain prices and sensitivities of a chain as it trades.

When it helps
you hold a call option and want to understand how much its value depends on the share price right now.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

REALTIME_OPTIONS_FMV

Fair market value mark prices for US options, updated in real time, are returned for Claude to compare with traded prices.

When it helps
an option looks cheap on your broker's screen and you want a reference value to compare it with.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

REALTIME_PUT_CALL_RATIO

One of the put-call ratio tools behind the directory's mention of positioning analysis, here in its realtime version for the current session.

When it helps
a stock is sliding today and you want to see whether options traders are rushing into protection.

Sourceclaude.com · October 1, 2026 ↗

REALTIME_VOLUME_OPEN_INTEREST_RATIO

From the volume/open-interest ratios the directory lists, this is the realtime one, which Claude can read to flag unusual options activity today.

When it helps
you want to know whether this morning's options volume on a stock is out of line with the open positions.

Sourceclaude.com · October 1, 2026 ↗

REAL_GDP

Real gross domestic product data is returned so Claude can describe the pace of economic growth over the period you ask about.

When it helps
you are preparing a market outlook for clients and want the latest growth figures to open it.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

REAL_GDP_PER_CAPITA

Real GDP per capita comes back, growth measured per inhabitant, which Claude can contrast with the headline figure.

When it helps
you want to know whether the economy grew faster than the population over the last few years, in plain terms.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

RETAIL_SALES

Retail sales data, a gauge of consumer spending in shops, is returned as an economic series for Claude to read.

When it helps
you cover a department store chain and want to know whether shoppers spent more this season than last.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ROC

Percentage variation of a price over a chosen period, known as ROC, comes back as a series for Claude to compare across stocks.

When it helps
you want to rank a few stocks by how fast they gained or lost ground over the same stretch of time.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ROCR

Expressed as a ratio rather than a percentage, this ROCR series gives Claude the same price variation in another form.

When it helps
your spreadsheet model expects ratios and you want the data in that form directly, without converting it yourself.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

RSI

Relative strength index values, a popular gauge of overbought and oversold levels, come back for Claude to chart or interpret.

When it helps
the publisher's own example asks for a stock's hourly prices with RSI computed and plotted alongside them.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

SAR

Parabolic SAR values, dots that trail the price to suggest stop levels, are returned to Claude for a chart or a table.

When it helps
you want a trailing stop idea for a trending stock that follows the price as it climbs.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

SMA

Simple average values of recent prices, the plainest smoothing there is, are delivered so Claude can draw or compare them with the price.

When it helps
a friend says a stock is below its long-term average and you want to check that claim before reacting.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

SPLITS

The other half of that directory sentence on reviewing stock splits and dividends, it gives Claude the split history of a stock.

When it helps
a long-term price chart shows a sudden cliff and you want to know whether a split explains it.

Sourceclaude.com · October 1, 2026 ↗

STOCH

Stochastic oscillator values compare a closing price with its recent range, and Claude receives the lines to read together.

When it helps
you want a second opinion on whether a stock is overbought after a strong week of gains on light volume.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

STOCHF

The fast stochastic, a quicker and noisier version of the stochastic oscillator, comes back as a series for Claude to plot.

When it helps
you trade short swings over a few days and want the more reactive version of the stochastic.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

STOCHRSI

Stochastic relative strength index values apply the stochastic formula to RSI itself, and Claude gets the result to interpret.

When it helps
RSI looks flat on a stock and you want a more sensitive reading built on top of it.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

SUGAR

Global sugar prices are returned for Claude to summarise, chart or set beside coffee, corn and other agricultural goods.

When it helps
a confectionery maker wants the recent price path of its main raw material before its annual purchasing round.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

T3

Triple exponential T3 values, a smoothed and fairly responsive trend line, come back for Claude to plot over a long period.

When it helps
you want a smoother trend line than the usual averages for a presentation chart covering several years.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TEMA

Triple exponential average values aim to cut lag further than the double version, and Claude can plot them against the price.

When it helps
you want the most reactive of the exponential averages on a fast tech stock that gaps often.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TIME_SERIES_DAILY

Daily open, high, low, close and volume data covering more than 20 years; the publisher's first example uses it for a week of IBM.

When it helps
you want last week's daily prices of a stock in a small table with a comment on what happened.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TIME_SERIES_DAILY_ADJUSTED

Daily prices adjusted for split and dividend events come back, which keeps long comparisons honest when Claude computes performance.

When it helps
you compare a stock's price today with ten years ago and need splits taken into account so the figure means something.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TIME_SERIES_INTRADAY

Current and more than 20 years of historical intraday price and volume data, used in the publisher's example for hourly prices.

When it helps
you want to see how a stock traded hour by hour on the day of an announcement.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TIME_SERIES_MONTHLY

Monthly series based on the last trading day of each month, which the publisher pairs with crypto data in its multi-asset example.

When it helps
you want a long, uncluttered chart of a stock for a retirement planning conversation with a relative.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TIME_SERIES_MONTHLY_ADJUSTED

Monthly prices adjusted with dividends give Claude a long-run view that reflects what shareholders actually received over the years.

When it helps
you want to compare the total returns of two dividend stocks over many years before choosing which to keep.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TIME_SERIES_WEEKLY

Weekly series based on the last trading day of each week, a middle ground Claude can use for medium-term charts.

When it helps
you review your portfolio on weekends and want weekly closes rather than daily noise, with a short comment on each.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TIME_SERIES_WEEKLY_ADJUSTED

Weekly prices adjusted with dividends, for comparisons where payouts matter, come back to Claude ready to chart or tabulate.

When it helps
you want to compare a high-dividend stock with a growth stock over two years, week by week, on a fair basis.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TOP_GAINERS_LOSERS

The top 20 gainers, losers and most active tickers of the session come back, a quick market pulse for Claude to comment on.

When it helps
at lunchtime you want to know which stocks are leading and lagging the market today.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TRANGE

True range values, a single-period measure of price span that includes overnight gaps, are returned for Claude to list or chart.

When it helps
you want to see on which days a stock swung the most, gaps included, over the last month.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TREASURY_YIELD

Daily treasury yield rates, the return on US government debt, come back for Claude to chart or explain in context.

When it helps
you want to understand why rising bond yields are weighing on the growth stocks in your portfolio.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TRIMA

Triangular average values give more weight to the middle of the period, and Claude receives the series to compare with other smoothing methods.

When it helps
you want a smooth average that downplays both the oldest and the newest prices on a slow-trending stock.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

TRIX

TRIX values, the one-day percentage variation of a triple-smoothed exponential average, come back for Claude to read as momentum.

When it helps
you want a momentum line that filters out most short-term noise on an index you follow over months.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

ULTOSC

Ultimate oscillator values blend three time frames into one momentum reading, which this call delivers to Claude as a single series.

When it helps
you find single-period oscillators misleading and want one that mixes short and longer views of the same stock.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

UNEMPLOYMENT

The unemployment rate is returned as economic data that Claude can put in context with growth, inflation or wages.

When it helps
you are drafting a newsletter on the job market and want the latest jobless rate with its recent trend.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

VWAP

Volume weighted average price values for intraday series, a reference many traders use within the day, come back to Claude.

When it helps
you want to know whether a stock spent today's session above or below its volume-weighted average before adding to a position.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

WHEAT

Global wheat prices come back as a series Claude can describe over the period you ask for or compare with corn.

When it helps
a bakery owner wants to know whether flour costs are likely to keep rising after a poor harvest season.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

WILLR

Williams' %R values, another overbought and oversold gauge, are what this call hands to Claude for a second opinion.

When it helps
you want to confirm an overbought signal on a stock with an indicator other than RSI before trimming your position.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

WMA

Weighted average values give recent prices linearly more weight than older ones, and Claude can draw them next to the price.

When it helps
you want an average that reacts faster than a simple one without relying on the exponential formula, for a quick comparison.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

WTI

West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices, the US oil benchmark, are returned for Claude to analyse or compare with Brent.

When it helps
you want to compare the American oil benchmark with the European one before a talk on energy costs to your board.

Sourcemcp.alphavantage.co · October 1, 2026 ↗

Undocumented (2)

2 tools

The directory publishes these names and nothing else. No official text says what they return, so this page does not guess.

CRYPTO_INTRADAY

This name sits on the directory sheet, but no official source read for this page describes it; the publisher's own tool table does not include it.

Watch out
whatever it does, the general approval rule covers it, like every other tool on this connector.

EARNINGS_ESTIMATES

Listed on the directory sheet and documented by no official source read for this page, this tool has no description anywhere we could find.

Watch out
the general approval rule is the only one that applies to it, and this page will not guess its content.
Approvals

What Claude asks before acting

By default, Claude stops and asks for your confirmation before any action it carries out on an account for you. Every documented Alpha Vantage tool only reads, and no source says whether a confirmation appears for any of the 126.

On a Team or Enterprise workspace, owners decide whether members may let certain actions through without being asked each time. They can also restrict what a connector may do for the whole organisation, and nobody overrides that from a personal account. Claude works with the access of the person who connected and nothing beyond it: the data your Alpha Vantage key unlocks is the data Claude can read.

Plans

Which plans include it

None of the 819 sheets in the official directory shows plan availability. That information, connector by connector, is published nowhere: a real gap in the catalogue.

The general rule is public: remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner enables the connector for the organisation before members can connect. The publisher states its own view in its documentation, set against Anthropic's rule in the limits below. For the current state, check the connector's sheet in the directory.

Limits

Where this connector stops

A connector is not an automation. Claude calls these tools while it answers you: nothing starts when a price crosses a level or a report comes out.

A tool list that only reads is an observed floor, not a guarantee: an administrator can open actions shown on no public sheet. The verification badge is not a security audit, and Anthropic writes on each sheet that it does not choose a publisher's tools. Everything here comes from Alpha Vantage's documentation and the directory sheet; no Claude help article covers this connector. For a connector whose tools write into an account, compare with the Claude activecampaign connector.

Two official sources disagree

Which Claude plans can use the Alpha Vantage connector?

What this page followsBoth point the same way, but they are not the same kind of statement: Anthropic's rule covers every connector, while the publisher speaks only for its own. Neither is out of date. Neither settles it for your account either: check the connector's sheet in the directory while signed in.

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FAQ

Claude Alpha Vantage connector: common questions

01What can Claude do with the Alpha Vantage connector?
Claude can pull financial market data and analyse it while it answers you. Its 126 tools cover share prices from intraday to monthly, realtime quotes, options with Greeks, company overviews and financial statements, earnings and IPO calendars, news sentiment, insider and institutional data, currencies, digital currencies, commodities, economic indicators and dozens of technical indicators. Claude picks the tools, reads the numbers and returns a summary, a table or a chart.
02Can Claude place trades or change anything through Alpha Vantage?
No tool on the sheet does that by default: every documented tool reads data, and none is described as writing, sending or deleting anything. Alpha Vantage is a data provider, so there is no order, portfolio or watchlist for Claude to act on through this connector. Treat the list as an observed floor rather than a guarantee, since an administrator can open actions that appear on no public sheet. Two tools remain undocumented.
03Does Claude ask before calling Alpha Vantage?
By default Claude asks for confirmation before any action it carries out on an account for you. No source describes a confirmation specific to any Alpha Vantage tool, so only that general rule is documented, and every documented tool only reads. On Team and Enterprise workspaces, owners decide whether members may let some actions run without a prompt, and they can restrict what the connector may do for the whole organisation.
04Which Claude plans include the Alpha Vantage connector?
No official source publishes plan availability connector by connector, and none of the 819 directory sheets shows it. The general rule says remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile, with an Owner or Primary Owner enabling them first on Team and Enterprise. The publisher's own wording on accounts is set out, dated and attributed, in the limits section of this page, next to Anthropic's rule. The directory sheet remains the only place showing the connector's current state for you.
05Does Claude see my Alpha Vantage account?
Claude works with the access of the person who connected and nothing beyond it. Here that access is the API key you entered on Alpha Vantage's authorization page: whatever data that key unlocks, Claude can read, and nothing else. The documented tools return market data, not account settings. To use another key, the publisher says to disconnect the connector and reconnect it, then enter the new key on the same authorization page as the first time.
06Why don't the tools in Claude match Alpha Vantage's own list?
The directory sheet and the publisher's page were not written as one list. The sheet shows 126 tools, two of which no official source describes. The publisher's page documents a few extra tools, such as congressional stock trades, that do not appear on the sheet. Claude can only call what the directory exposes for your account, so the sheet is the reference when the two disagree, and the extra tools on the publisher's page are not described here.
07Claude or an automation tool for Alpha Vantage?
They do different jobs, so the use decides, not a ranking. Claude with this connector suits a conversation: you ask about a stock, a currency or the economy, and it fetches the right series, computes and explains. An automation tool runs in the background on a trigger or a schedule, for example a daily price digest, without you asking. This connector has no background mode: nothing is fetched until you ask Claude.