Lets agents work with an IG trading account through the IG trading API.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add ig-trading --env IG_API_KEY='<IG_API_KEY>' --env IG_IDENTIFIER='<IG_IDENTIFIER>' --env IG_PASSWORD='<IG_PASSWORD>' --env IG_DEMO='<IG_DEMO>' -- npx ig-trading-mcp serve '--api-key={{config.IG_API_KEY}}' '--identifier={{config.IG_IDENTIFIER}}' '--password={{config.IG_PASSWORD}}' '--demo={{config.IG_DEMO}}'~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ig-trading]
command = "npx"
args = ["ig-trading-mcp", "serve", "--api-key={{config.IG_API_KEY}}", "--identifier={{config.IG_IDENTIFIER}}", "--password={{config.IG_PASSWORD}}", "--demo={{config.IG_DEMO}}"]
env = { IG_API_KEY = "<IG_API_KEY>", IG_IDENTIFIER = "<IG_IDENTIFIER>", IG_PASSWORD = "<IG_PASSWORD>", IG_DEMO = "<IG_DEMO>" }
# codex mcp add ig-trading --env IG_API_KEY='<IG_API_KEY>' --env IG_IDENTIFIER='<IG_IDENTIFIER>' --env IG_PASSWORD='<IG_PASSWORD>' --env IG_DEMO='<IG_DEMO>' -- npx ig-trading-mcp serve '--api-key={{config.IG_API_KEY}}' '--identifier={{config.IG_IDENTIFIER}}' '--password={{config.IG_PASSWORD}}' '--demo={{config.IG_DEMO}}'~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ig-trading": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"ig-trading-mcp",
"serve",
"--api-key={{config.IG_API_KEY}}",
"--identifier={{config.IG_IDENTIFIER}}",
"--password={{config.IG_PASSWORD}}",
"--demo={{config.IG_DEMO}}"
],
"env": {
"IG_API_KEY": "<IG_API_KEY>",
"IG_IDENTIFIER": "<IG_IDENTIFIER>",
"IG_PASSWORD": "<IG_PASSWORD>",
"IG_DEMO": "<IG_DEMO>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"ig-trading": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"ig-trading-mcp",
"serve",
"--api-key={{config.IG_API_KEY}}",
"--identifier={{config.IG_IDENTIFIER}}",
"--password={{config.IG_PASSWORD}}",
"--demo={{config.IG_DEMO}}"
],
"env": {
"IG_API_KEY": "<IG_API_KEY>",
"IG_IDENTIFIER": "<IG_IDENTIFIER>",
"IG_PASSWORD": "<IG_PASSWORD>",
"IG_DEMO": "<IG_DEMO>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ig-trading": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"ig-trading-mcp",
"serve",
"--api-key={{config.IG_API_KEY}}",
"--identifier={{config.IG_IDENTIFIER}}",
"--password={{config.IG_PASSWORD}}",
"--demo={{config.IG_DEMO}}"
],
"env": {
"IG_API_KEY": "<IG_API_KEY>",
"IG_IDENTIFIER": "<IG_IDENTIFIER>",
"IG_PASSWORD": "<IG_PASSWORD>",
"IG_DEMO": "<IG_DEMO>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ig-trading": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"ig-trading-mcp",
"serve",
"--api-key={{config.IG_API_KEY}}",
"--identifier={{config.IG_IDENTIFIER}}",
"--password={{config.IG_PASSWORD}}",
"--demo={{config.IG_DEMO}}"
],
"env": {
"IG_API_KEY": "<IG_API_KEY>",
"IG_IDENTIFIER": "<IG_IDENTIFIER>",
"IG_PASSWORD": "<IG_PASSWORD>",
"IG_DEMO": "<IG_DEMO>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ig-trading": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"ig-trading-mcp",
"serve",
"--api-key={{config.IG_API_KEY}}",
"--identifier={{config.IG_IDENTIFIER}}",
"--password={{config.IG_PASSWORD}}",
"--demo={{config.IG_DEMO}}"
],
"env": {
"IG_API_KEY": "<IG_API_KEY>",
"IG_IDENTIFIER": "<IG_IDENTIFIER>",
"IG_PASSWORD": "<IG_PASSWORD>",
"IG_DEMO": "<IG_DEMO>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
IG_API_KEYIG_IDENTIFIERIG_PASSWORDIG_DEMO
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.