alpaca
Agent-callable Alpaca trading tools — place and manage stock, crypto, and options orders, read account balances, positions, and portfolio history, look up assets and market hours, and read watchlists. Use when the user mentions Alpaca or wants to trade or inspect a brokerage account, even if they don't name Alpaca explicitly.
npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill alpaca --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Alpaca _Independent, unofficial connector for Alpaca. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Alpaca. "Alpaca" is a trademark of its owner, used only to identify the service this connector works with._ Tools for trading on [Alpaca](https://alpaca.markets) against the [Trading API](https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference): place and manage stock, crypto, and options orders; read account balances, positions, portfolio history, and activities; look up assets, market hours, and option contracts; and read watchlists. 25 scripts across account, orders, positions, assets, options, and watchlists. **Trades run against Alpaca's paper (simulated) environment by default**; live real-money trading requires an explicit opt-in (see Auth). Money and quantity values are returned as **strings** to preserve decimal precision — never coerce them to numbers. Order placement is **async-confirmed**: `placeOrder` acknowledges receipt with a status that can change server-side, so re-query `getOrder` before asserting a fill. ## When to use this - **Inspect the account** — read balances and buying power, list open positions and unrealized P&L, review portfolio history and account activities (fills
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What does the alpaca skill do?
Agent-callable Alpaca trading tools — place and manage stock, crypto, and options orders, read account balances, positions, and portfolio history, look up assets and market hours, and read watchlists. Use when the user mentions Alpaca or wants to trade or inspect a brokerage account, even if they don't name Alpaca explicitly.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add zapier/connectors --skill alpaca --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From zapier/connectors, a repository with 113 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.