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Evidence fieldAlpaca Trading MCPShortlist candidateStripe MCPMCP100 Recommended
Task fit
Best for
  • Alpaca users who need market data, portfolio context and agent-assisted trading workflows, preferably in paper-trading mode.
  • Searching Stripe documentation and support knowledge from an MCP client
  • Inspecting Stripe account, balance, customer, product, and payment data
  • Creating supported Stripe resources in a test account with human confirmation
Not ideal for
  • Users who only need market data and do not want any possibility of order-placement authority.
  • Unattended production payment administration
  • Workflows that require Stripe API operations not exposed by the current tool set
Avoid when
  • Do not attach live-trading credentials unless real order placement is intended and a human-confirmation/approval process is in place.
  • The client cannot protect Stripe authorization tokens or secret keys
  • You cannot require confirmation for write-capable payment tools
  • Untrusted content can influence the same agent session without tool isolation
Provenance
Provenance details

First-party MCP

github:alpacahq · Publisher source ↗

First-party MCP

Stripe · Publisher source ↗

Maintenance
Maintenance details

Repo: Not documented

Package: Not documented

Repo: Not documented

Package: Not documented

Popularity evidence
GitHub stars

1,032

GitHub stars · checked 2026-10-21

Not documented
Package downloads / 30 days

42,247

package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-10-21

56,858

package downloads / 30 days · checked 2026-09-24T18:01:10.986000Z

Shared repository starsNot documented

1,831

Shared repository stars (not MCP-specific) · checked 2026-09-24T18:01:37.616000Z

Client coverage
Client coverage detailsNot documented
Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP
Codex✓ Streamable HTTP
VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP
OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP
Client coverage noteLocal stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server.
Access and data
AuthenticationAlpaca API key and secret.The hosted https://mcp.stripe.com endpoint uses Stripe OAuth. Stripe also documents a local path using Stripe credentials; prefer Restricted API Keys with only the required permissions, and keep live versus sandbox context explicit. Do not infer Agent-Key or session-revocation behavior beyond current Stripe MCP documentation.
CostAlpaca account/data subscription, trading, market-data and model/provider costs can apply.Stripe documents no separate MCP access fee. Normal Stripe product, transaction, account, and chosen AI-client charges still apply; ChatGPT custom connector availability also depends on an eligible ChatGPT plan.
PermissionsAuthority follows the Alpaca credentials and enabled toolsets. With live mode enabled, the server can place/cancel real orders and modify positions.The hosted server receives OAuth access selected during Stripe authorization. The documented tool set includes read operations and write operations such as creating customers, products, prices, payment links, invoices, coupons, refunds, and disputes-related actions; actual access remains bounded by the authorized Stripe account and credential.
Data handlingAccount/portfolio/order data and market queries can be exposed to the connected AI client/provider.Requests and tool results pass between the MCP client, Stripe's hosted MCP endpoint, and the connected Stripe account. The server can return account and payment-related records plus Stripe knowledge-base content to the client. A local @stripe/mcp process receives the configured STRIPE_SECRET_KEY. Do not place live secret keys in shared configuration or logs.
Limitations
Tradeoffs
  • Promoted after strict re-audit: canonical identity and MCP-native/publisher-backed implementation are sufficiently evidenced, with real workflow value, usable documentation, understandable permissions, plausible maintenance, and no unresolved security veto. Still not strong enough for Recommended.
  • The hosted endpoint simplifies setup and uses OAuth, while the local package can use a secret key and therefore expands local credential-handling responsibility.
  • Stripe labels the MCP service a public preview, so tools and behavior can change.
  • Tool access is convenient but can create or modify payment-related resources within the granted Stripe account.
Risk contextLive financial execution is high impact; default to paper trading and require deliberate human approval before live actions.This is a write-capable financial integration. Use test mode for evaluation, least privilege, explicit confirmation for every mutation, separate untrusted web content from payment actions, and revoke MCP sessions promptly when no longer needed. This review relies on publisher documentation and does not claim MCP100 execution testing.
Evidence date
Editorial review2026-10-212026-07-24
Candidate evidence2026-10-21T00:00:00Z2026-09-24T04:25:05.554391Z

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