--- title: "How to connect your Arrow account to AI assistants with Arrow MCP?" description: "You can connect your Arrow account to AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf completely free of charge using the new Arrow Model Context…" category: arrow subcategory: general slug: how-to-connect-your-irage-account-to-ai-assistants-with-arrow-mcp canonical: https://support.arrow.trade/arrow/general/how-to-connect-your-irage-account-to-ai-assistants-with-arrow-mcp/ --- # How to connect your Arrow account to AI assistants with Arrow MCP? > You can connect your Arrow account to AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf completely free of charge using the new Arrow Model Context… ## Short answer You can connect your Arrow account to AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf completely free of charge using the new Arrow Model Context Protocol (MCP). This gives you instant access to a personal financial assistant that understands your portfolio and can answer complex questions in any language of your choice. ## What is Model Context Protocol (MCP)? Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a communication standard that enables AI assistants to interact with real-world data and services. Rather than relying only on pre-trained knowledge, AI tools can now access live information from your Arrow account. Similar to Arrow Connect APIs, which are now free, you can access your Arrow account through MCP without any additional charges. To learn more about Arrow Connect, visit our Arrow Connect guide. MCP enables AI assistants to provide: Real-time data access: Access current market prices, not just historical data Personalised insights: Analyse your specific portfolio, not just generic insights Interactive capabilities: Retrieve precise information you need, not just answer questions Natural conversation: Ask about complex market data in plain language Without MCP, AI assistants can only access generic information available on the internet and cannot give responses specific to your account. ## How to set up Arrow MCP ## Claude (Desktop) Install Node.js Download and install Node.js from nodejs.org. Verify your installation by opening the command prompt and typing node –version Configure Claude Desktop Open your Claude Desktop application. Go to Settings (gear icon). Click on Developer in the left sidebar. Click Edit Config. Add the following configuration: Save and restart Claude Desktop. For a visual walkthrough of the setup process, watch this step-by-step video guide on configuring MCP for Claude Desktop. Verify your connection In Claude Desktop, look for the tools/hammer icon in the chat interface. Click it to verify Arrow MCP tools are available. Follow the authorisation prompts to connect to your Arrow account. ## Visual Studio Code You can also configure Arrow MCP if you prefer using Visual Studio Code with AI extensions: Prerequisites Visual Studio Code installed Node.js installed VS Code GitHub Copilot extension or another AI extension that supports MCP Configuration steps Open VS Code settings (File > Preferences > Settings, or press Ctrl+,). Search for "copilot chat mcp" or navigate to the GitHub Copilot Chat configuration. Click on Edit in settings.json. Add the following configuration to your settings.json file: Save the settings file and restart VS Code Open the Copilot Chat panel and use the /mcp command to verify that Arrow appears as an available MCP server. When prompted, authorise your Arrow account to connect with VS Code. For more detailed information on setting up MCP servers in VS Code, refer to the official documentation. ## Setup on Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) You can use two unofficial builds for Claude Desktop on Linux: Using aaddrick's Debian/Ubuntu build Visit the GitHub Repository. Install using these commands: Visit the GitHub Repository. Run quickly with: Create the configuration directory and file: Add the following configuration: Install Claude Code: When prompted, set up the Arrow MCP server with the remote URL ## What can you do with Arrow MCP? With Arrow MCP connected to Claude, you can have conversations about your portfolio and the markets in natural language. Here are the currently available features: ## Portfolio analysis You can ask for: A breakdown of your portfolio performance across different time periods Insights into your sector exposure and diversification Alerts when your portfolio drifts from target allocations Information about which of your holdings has the highest percentage gain today Your current positions and their unrealised P&L Research on stocks in natural language while seeing how they would fit with your existing portfolio Portfolio reports, comparisons, and visualisations instead of manual calculations ## Research capabilities You can: Set up GTT orders to implement systematic entry and exit strategies at predetermined price points Analyse your portfolio performance to identify patterns and improve your approach Plan your trades, refine your strategies, size your positions and manage risk Create custom technical indicators and overlay them with price charts Pull historical data to backtest strategies and visualise their performance Analyse correlations between your holdings and market indices Get current price data, trading volumes, and key statistics for any stock ## Account information You can check: Your available margins and buying power Your account's P&L for the day Your portfolio's risk profile Please note: Order placement, historical trade data, portfolio data, and some other features are currently unavailable. Arrow MCP primarily provides market data and portfolio analysis capabilities at this time. ## Security and privacy iRage takes security seriously with the Arrow MCP implementation: Limited access: Claude can only access data you explicitly authorise No credential storage: Your iRage credentials never pass through Claude. Instead, authentication happens externally through Arrow's secure two-factor authentication flow Read-only operations: All operations are read-only – order placement is not available except for GTT orders ## Related - Browse more in [general](/arrow/general/) - Open account: [kyc.arrow.trade](https://kyc.arrow.trade) - Trade on Arrow: [app.arrow.trade](https://app.arrow.trade) - Support: [support@arrow.trade](mailto:support@arrow.trade) --- Source: https://support.arrow.trade/arrow/general/how-to-connect-your-irage-account-to-ai-assistants-with-arrow-mcp/ Publisher: Arrow / iRage Broking Services LLP