# How to connect Alpha Vantage to OpenClaw (paste one key, 56 tools) > Connect Alpha Vantage to OpenClaw with ClawLink: paste your Alpha Vantage key once and 56 tools work from chat. No MCP server to run, nothing stored on your machine. Web version: https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/alpha-vantage The usual route to Alpha Vantage access for OpenClaw is an MCP server you configure and keep running, plus your own OAuth app or API keys. ClawLink gives OpenClaw a more practical Alpha Vantage setup: install one ClawHub skill, connect Alpha Vantage in the browser, and OpenClaw can call real Alpha Vantage actions from any chat surface with no auth, token refresh, or tool wiring to build yourself. ## Setup It takes three steps to connect OpenClaw to Alpha Vantage. 1. **Install ClawLink** — add the plugin to OpenClaw once. 2. **Connect Alpha Vantage** — one-click OAuth in the ClawLink dashboard. 3. **Use it from chat** — ask OpenClaw in plain English. **Paste this into OpenClaw to set up ClawLink:** > I want to connect my apps to OpenClaw through ClawLink. > Please install the ClawLink plugin from ClawHub and enable it: `openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin` > When it is installed, tell me and stop. After I reply, give me the ClawLink pairing link. Setup notes, if you need them: https://claw-link.dev/skill.md **Alternative for any agent (no plugin needed):** if the OpenClaw plugin route isn't available or doesn't work, any AI agent with shell access can use the ClawLink CLI instead: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login # sign in via browser — no API key to paste npx -y @useclawlink/cli connect alpha-vantage # connect Alpha Vantage (browser OAuth) npx -y @useclawlink/cli actions alpha-vantage # list available actions npx -y @useclawlink/cli run alpha-vantage --input '' # execute (add --confirm for writes) ``` ### Install by command The setup prompt above does all of this in one paste. By hand, it is one install command plus a browser approval: ```bash openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin ``` Then ask OpenClaw to set up ClawLink. It starts browser pairing and prints an approval link — open it, approve the device, return to the chat, and say `done`. Finally, connect Alpha Vantage in the [ClawLink dashboard](https://claw-link.dev/dashboard) — paste your Alpha Vantage API key once. Verify the connection by asking OpenClaw: > Use Alpha Vantage to all commodities and walk me through the result in plain English. ### Using a different agent? The OpenClaw plugin is one client of ClawLink's MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any agent that can run a shell command pairs with the same ClawLink account through the CLI: ```bash npx -y @useclawlink/cli login ``` `login` opens the same browser approval and stores a credential locally. Once Alpha Vantage is connected in the dashboard, that agent calls the same 56 Alpha Vantage tools over MCP. Full setup for MCP clients and shell agents: [connect apps to any AI agent](https://claw-link.dev/learn/connect-apps-to-any-ai-agent). ## Alpha Vantage MCP for OpenClaw Looking for a Alpha Vantage MCP server for OpenClaw? ClawLink connects Alpha Vantage to OpenClaw and exposes 56 Alpha Vantage tools your agent can call over [MCP](https://claw-link.dev/learn/what-is-an-mcp-server), with [hosted auth](https://claw-link.dev/learn/oauth-for-ai-agents) and nothing to run or maintain yourself. Using Hermes instead? The [Hermes Alpha Vantage integration](https://claw-link.dev/hermes/alpha-vantage) works the same way. ## What the OpenClaw Alpha Vantage integration can do 56 Alpha Vantage tools are ready for OpenClaw once the account is connected. The 30 below are the ones people reach for most; your agent can call all 56. ### 30 of 56 Alpha Vantage tools for OpenClaw | Tool | What it does | |---|---| | **All commodities** `alpha_vantage_all_commodities` | Retrieve the global price index of all commodities | | **Aluminum** `alpha_vantage_aluminum` | Fetch global aluminum prices | | **Balance sheet** `alpha_vantage_balance_sheet` | Return annual and quarterly balance sheets for a company | | **Brent** `alpha_vantage_brent` | Fetch Brent crude oil prices | | **Cash flow** `alpha_vantage_cash_flow` | Return annual and quarterly cash flow statements for a company | | **Coffee** `alpha_vantage_coffee` | Retrieve the global coffee price series | | **Company overview** `alpha_vantage_company_overview` | Retrieve company overview and fundamental data for individual company stocks | | **Copper** `alpha_vantage_copper` | Fetch global price of copper in monthly, quarterly, and annual intervals | | **Corn** `alpha_vantage_corn` | Retrieve global price of corn in monthly, quarterly, and annual intervals | | **Cotton** `alpha_vantage_cotton` | Retrieve global cotton prices in monthly, quarterly, and annual intervals | | **Cpi** `alpha_vantage_cpi` | Fetch monthly and semiannual Consumer Price Index (CPI) data of the United States | | **Crypto intraday** `alpha_vantage_crypto_intraday` | Retrieve intraday time series data for cryptocurrencies with realtime updates | | **Currency exchange rate** `alpha_vantage_currency_exchange_rate` | Retrieve real-time exchange rate for a currency pair | | **Digital currency daily** `alpha_vantage_digital_currency_daily` | Retrieve daily historical time series for a digital currency traded on a specific market | | **Digital currency monthly** `alpha_vantage_digital_currency_monthly` | Retrieve monthly digital currency prices in a fiat currency | | **Digital currency weekly** `alpha_vantage_digital_currency_weekly` | Retrieve weekly digital currency prices in a fiat currency | | **Durables** `alpha_vantage_durables` | Fetch monthly manufacturers' new orders of durable goods data for the United States | | **Earnings** `alpha_vantage_earnings` | Retrieve annual and quarterly earnings (EPS history) for a specific company symbol | | **Earnings calendar** `alpha_vantage_earnings_calendar` | Return the earnings calendar for the next three months | | **Earnings call transcript** `alpha_vantage_earnings_call_transcript` | Retrieve the earnings call transcript for a given company and quarter | | **Federal funds rate** `alpha_vantage_federal_funds_rate` | Fetch daily, weekly, and monthly federal funds rate data of the United States | | **Fx daily** `alpha_vantage_fx_daily` | Fetch daily time series (open, high, low, close) for a currency pair | | **Fx intraday** `alpha_vantage_fx_intraday` | Retrieve intraday OHLC time series for a forex pair at 1-60 minute intervals (premium endpoint) | | **Fx monthly** `alpha_vantage_fx_monthly` | Get monthly time series (open, high, low, close) for a currency pair | | **Fx weekly** `alpha_vantage_fx_weekly` | Get weekly time series (open, high, low, close) for a currency pair | | **Get dividends** `alpha_vantage_get_dividends` | Retrieve historical dividend payment records for a stock symbol | | **Get historical options** `alpha_vantage_get_historical_options` | Retrieve full historical options chain for a symbol on a specific date with 15+ years of | | **Get sliding window analytics** `alpha_vantage_get_sliding_window_analytics` | Retrieve advanced analytics metrics with sliding window calculations for trend analysis | | **Global quote** `alpha_vantage_global_quote` | Retrieve latest price and volume information for a specified security ticker in realtime | | **Income statement** `alpha_vantage_income_statement` | Fetch annual and quarterly income statements | ## Example prompts **All Commodities** > Use Alpha Vantage to all commodities and walk me through the result in plain English. **Aluminum** > Use Alpha Vantage to aluminum and walk me through the result in plain English. **Balance Sheet** > Use Alpha Vantage to balance sheet and walk me through the result in plain English. **Brent** > Use Alpha Vantage to brent and walk me through the result in plain English. ## ClawLink vs. building it yourself The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Alpha Vantage working from chat. | | Manual | ClawLink | |---|---|---| | **Credential handling** | Collect, validate, store, and rotate the Alpha Vantage API key yourself, then make sure every tool call uses the right account. | Users complete the hosted ClawLink setup once and the connected Alpha Vantage account becomes available to the agent without you building credential management. | | **Ongoing maintenance** | You own refresh logic, permission debugging, environment config, and every provider-specific edge case for Alpha Vantage. | ClawLink handles the repetitive integration plumbing so your team can focus on the workflow instead of the infrastructure. | | **Agent usability** | You still need to expose the right Alpha Vantage actions to the runtime in a format your agent can reliably use. | 56 tools for Alpha Vantage are already exposed through ClawLink, so the agent can read and act from chat immediately. | ## ClawLink vs. Composio Composio also exposes Alpha Vantage to AI agents. It is developer infrastructure: Python and TypeScript SDKs, an MCP server, and a catalog past 1,000 apps, aimed at teams shipping agent products. ClawLink is built for OpenClaw users instead. You install the plugin once, connect Alpha Vantage in the browser, and the 56 tools above work from chat. There is no SDK and no config file, and the Alpha Vantage key you paste at setup is stored server-side rather than kept in your environment. Choosing between them? Read the full [Composio alternatives](https://claw-link.dev/hub/composio-alternatives) comparison. ### OpenClaw installed the Alpha Vantage skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about Alpha Vantage, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure Alpha Vantage is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. If OpenClaw runs as a persistent gateway, restart it so the new tools register. ### Connection succeeds but no tools appear Reconnect Alpha Vantage from the dashboard, then start a fresh chat if the runtime still has the old tool catalog loaded. ### "Tool schema not loaded yet" error when calling Alpha Vantage tools Alpha Vantage tool schemas load on demand the first time a tool runs and are cached after that, so this error usually clears on its own: wait a few seconds and retry the same request. If every Alpha Vantage call keeps failing with it in a fresh chat, reconnect from the dashboard, and contact support if it still persists — that pattern points to a configuration problem on our side, not something you can fix by reconnecting again. ### Alpha Vantage returns 403 or "permission denied" on one action while others work Two usual causes. The connected account may not have access to the specific workspace, inbox, store, or project in the request — check that first. If access looks right, the agent may have sent a placeholder value (like "YOUR_ID" or an example id from documentation) instead of a real one: ask it to run a list or search tool first, then retry the action with a real id from those results. Most failures at this stage are one of these two, not ClawLink bugs. ### API key setup works but results look incomplete Double-check that the API key for Alpha Vantage has the right scopes or account access. A valid key can still be too limited for some reads or writes. ### Is there a OpenClaw Alpha Vantage integration? Yes. ClawLink is the fastest way to connect OpenClaw to Alpha Vantage: link your Alpha Vantage account once in the browser and OpenClaw can call the Alpha Vantage API through 56 ready-made tools — no custom code or token handling. ### How do I add Alpha Vantage to OpenClaw with ClawLink? Paste the setup prompt from this page into OpenClaw. It installs the ClawLink Alpha Vantage skill from ClawHub, then you click Connect in the dashboard to authorize Alpha Vantage. OpenClaw calls the tools from the next message — no config files, and the Alpha Vantage key you paste is stored server-side instead of in your environment. ### How long does it take to connect Alpha Vantage to OpenClaw? About two minutes. Sign in, click Connect next to Alpha Vantage in the dashboard, authenticate, and OpenClaw can use it from the next chat message. ### Why use ClawLink instead of wiring Alpha Vantage up myself? The alternative to ClawLink is usually manual API key setup plus your own token handling, permission troubleshooting, and tool plumbing for OpenClaw. That is fine if you want to build and maintain the integration yourself. Most teams just want Alpha Vantage working from chat. ### OpenClaw installed the Alpha Vantage skill but can't call the tools The ClawHub skill teaches OpenClaw about Alpha Vantage, but the calls run through the ClawLink plugin and your connected account. Make sure Alpha Vantage is connected in the dashboard, then start a fresh chat so OpenClaw reloads the tool catalog. If OpenClaw runs as a persistent gateway, restart it so the new tools register. ## Related - [Connect PostHog](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/posthog) — Track user behavior and feature flags - [DataforSEO](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/dataforseo) — SEO data APIs for keywords, SERP, and site audits - [OpenClaw Metabase integration](https://claw-link.dev/openclaw/metabase) — Metabase is an open-source business intelligence tool that lets you ask questions about your data and visualize answers as charts, graphs, and dashboards.