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Alpaca

by zapier

Alpaca is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by zapier in connectors.

164 stars14 forkson zapier/connectorsAdded 2026/09/08+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/25
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Install Alpaca
Copy Alpaca into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/zapier/connectors/tree/main/apps/alpaca ~/.claude/skills/alpaca

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/zapier/connectors.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
apps/alpaca/SKILL.md in zapier/connectors
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/alpaca
Collection
One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Automation — 2226 skills

What Alpaca does

Alpaca provides agent-callable tools for placing and managing stock, crypto, and options orders, plus reading balances, positions, portfolio history, assets, market hours, and watchlists. Use it when working with an Alpaca brokerage account or trading via Alpaca.

Alpaca is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Alpaca comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, agentskills, ai-agents, automation and claude-code.

Frequently asked about Alpaca

  • What else does zapier publish alongside Alpaca?

    Alpaca is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from zapier/connectors, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Algolia, Clay and DataForSEO. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Alpaca does, and is maintained by zapier in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the zapier/connectors page.

  • How does Alpaca compare to other Automation skills?

    Alpaca ranks #2048 by stars among the 2226 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Alpaca against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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