A Robinhood MCP server lets an AI client read your portfolio — holdings, quotes, history — so you can ask Claude to analyse positions or summarise performance. Some servers can also place trades; this guide leads with the read-only setup, which is the right default for almost everyone.
Not financial advice. This is a setup guide for a tool, not a recommendation to trade. An AI can be confidently wrong; never let one move real money unsupervised.
Recommended: read-only portfolio research
Read-only servers (e.g. robinhood-mcp, which wraps robin_stocks) expose your portfolio for analysis with no trading functions at all — the safest way to bring Robinhood data into Claude. Typical config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"robinhood": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["robinhood-mcp"],
"env": {
"ROBINHOOD_USERNAME": "you@example.com",
"ROBINHOOD_PASSWORD": "your_password"
}
}
}
}
Most servers prompt for MFA on first run. Restart the client after editing — see MCP config file location.
Trading-capable options (use extreme caution)
There are servers that can place orders, and Robinhood also offers an official agentic trading endpoint you connect to a dedicated account. If you go this route: start in paper-trading mode if available, set hard limits, and keep a human in the loop on every order. Letting an LLM execute trades autonomously is a real way to lose money fast.
Verify
Ask: "Show my current Robinhood holdings and today's change." Real portfolio data back means it is connected.
Common problems
- MFA / login blocked — Robinhood is aggressive about new logins; approve the prompt and check the server's MFA docs.
uvx: command not found— installuv, or use the repo's pip path.- Unexpected logouts — sessions expire; re-authenticate.
- No tools in client — see Cursor MCP not working.
Security
This connects to a brokerage account. Prefer read-only servers, never hand trade permissions to an AI you do not fully control, read the source first (how to vet an MCP server), and keep credentials out of any shared config (MCP security best practices).
Going further
For analysis without brokerage risk, pair a market-data or web-search server with a spreadsheet server. Browse curated loadouts or the finance category.