alpaca SKILL.md skillA
alpaca from zapier/connectors is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add zapier/connectors/alpaca@git:20260814.fcbc571Pins git:20260814.fcbc571 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- zapier/connectors
- Path
apps/alpaca/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260814.fcbc571, committed Aug 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 23, 2026
- Size
- 18,403 bytes
- Repository stars
- 180
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
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.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Alpaca <!-- BEGIN:skill-intro --> 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. <!-- legal:disclaimer --> _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._ <!-- /legal:disclaimer --> <!-- END:skill-intro --> ## When to use this <!-- BEGIN:skill-use-cases --> …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add zapier/connectors/alpaca@sha256:3e06604451e0ddb2The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260814.fcbc571, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jul 23, 2026 and Aug 14, 2026, about one every 11 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260814.fcbc571 latest | 2026-08-14 | fcbc571 | 18,403 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260812.6eec0dd | 2026-08-12 | 6eec0dd | 18,220 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260723.63b7edd | 2026-07-23 | 63b7edd | 18,753 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (18403 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
zapier/connectors · 180 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-08-25 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ttonqbpbqhjrcq4o GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=zapier/connectors/alpaca GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3e06604451e0ddb27dcbaaa92b7548a9516b4a239f1e9aa6f433492a1bb9e0b1
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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