Agent-ready Demo Prompts

Use these short prompts in your MCP-enabled AI client connected to StockMCP. Keep them high-level—the agent will choose and call tools.

Not connected yet? Follow the setup guide.

Summarize account

Can you check my stock account and summarize buying power and portfolio value?

Open orders overview

Give me a quick summary of my recent and open orders.

Positions snapshot

What positions do I currently hold? Show symbol, qty, side, and market value.

Latest AAPL price

What's the latest price for AAPL? Keep it brief.

Quick quote

Get me a quick quote for MSFT.

Daily bars sample

Fetch recent daily bars for NVDA and show the first and last item only.

Short timeframe check

Pull some short-interval bars for SPY so I can sanity-check intraday movement.

Paper buy example

Place a tiny paper buy for TSLA and confirm the order id.

Limit order example

Create a small paper limit order for AMD and confirm what was submitted.

Cancel an order

Find my most recent open order and cancel it.

Market status

Is the US stock market open right now? When does it close?

Portfolio value

What's my current portfolio value?

How to run

  1. Start the server using the repository instructions (Docker Compose).
  2. In your MCP client, ensure the server entry runs: docker exec -i stock-mcp-server node dist/index.js
  3. Paste one of the demo prompts above into the chat and follow the tool results.
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