Does Interactive Brokers have an MCP server?
Interactive Brokers maintains an official MCP server.
The AI can prepare trade instructions but cannot place orders; you review and submit them in an IBKR platform.
- Access
- Remote server
- Endpoint
- https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public
- Category
- Finance & Fintech
A remote server run by Interactive Brokers itself — nothing to install. Documented at www.interactivebrokers.com.
Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
Add it from the terminal, then restart your session:
claude mcp add --transport http interactivebrokers https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-publicAdd --scope user to make it available in every project.
- Open Settings → Connectors
- Click Add custom connector
- Paste
https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public - Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu
Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for
every project:
{
"mcpServers": {
"interactivebrokers": {
"url": "https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public"
}
}
}A green dot in Settings → MCP means it connected.
Add to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"interactivebrokers": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public"
}
}
}Then pick the server from the tools menu in Copilot's agent mode.
- Enable Developer mode under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
- Choose Create and paste
https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public - Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat
Does Interactive Brokers have an official MCP server?
Yes. Interactive Brokers maintains an official MCP server, hosted at https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public.
How do I connect Interactive Brokers to Claude?
Add https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public as a custom connector under Settings → Connectors in Claude Desktop or claude.ai, or run "claude mcp add --transport http interactive-brokers https://api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public" in Claude Code.
Do I need to install anything to use the Interactive Brokers MCP server?
No. It is a remote server hosted by Interactive Brokers, so your MCP client connects to it over HTTP. You authenticate with the vendor rather than installing a package.
How is this verdict verified?
Published to the MCP Registry under IBKR's verified namespace com.ibkr; interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/ai-integrations.php gives the server URL api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public, which answers MCP initialize (401). GitHub metadata is refreshed every six hours.
Published to the MCP Registry under IBKR's verified namespace com.ibkr; interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/ai-integrations.php gives the server URL api.ibkr.com/v1/api/mcp-public, which answers MCP initialize (401).
- github data refreshed 2026-09-29, then every 6 hours
- vendor docs verified on 2026-09-29
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