mcp-server

Overview

This is the official MCP server for Paper's trading platform, designed to integrate AI coding assistants with Paper's trading API. It provides tools for fetching real-time quotes, placing paper orders, and inspecting portfolios. The server is well-documented with clear installation instructions and configuration examples for popular IDEs like Cursor and Claude Desktop.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 3 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• paper.quotepaper.quote(symbol)

  Get real-time NBBO quote for a symbol

  Try:What's the current price of AAPL?Try:Get me the quote for TSLATry:Show me NBBO for GOOGL
• paper.quotesBatchpaper.quotesBatch(symbols[])

  Get quotes for multiple symbols in one request

  Try:Get quotes for AAPL, MSFT, and AMZNTry:What are the prices of these stocks: NVDA, TSLA, META?Try:Show me NBBO for [SPY, QQQ, IWM]
• paper.orderpaper.order({ ... })

  Place a simulated order (market/limit/stop, etc.)

  Try:Buy 10 shares of AAPL at market priceTry:Place a limit order to sell 5 shares of TSLA at $200Try:Set a stop loss order for 100 shares of META at $300
• paper.portfoliopaper.portfolio(id)

  Retrieve portfolio positions and P&L

  Try:Show me my current portfolio positionsTry:What's my P&L for today?Try:List all positions in my trading account

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Installation

# Global install (recommended for CLI usage)
npm i -g @paperinvest/mcp-server

# Or run with npx
npx @paperinvest/mcp-server --help

export PAPER_API_KEY=your_api_key
# Optional override
export PAPER_API_BASE_URL=https://api.paperinvest.io

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "paper": {
      "command": "paper-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "PAPER_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

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