Connecting Alpaca to your team chat

Bring Alpaca portfolio updates and market data into Slack. Let an agent handle the reporting so you don't have to jump between apps.

Morning market snapshots

Get a snapshot of your portfolio and the market in Slack every morning. It is a quick way to keep everyone in the loop without checking the Alpaca dashboard.

Account info on demand

Ask for your trade history or account balance in plain English. The agent pulls the data and drops it right into the chat.

Automated portfolio flags

An agent can watch your holdings for specific risks or patterns. If it sees something worth noting, it flags it for the team automatically.

Save strategy notes

When you are debating trades in Slack, the agent can grab the highlights and save them as a strategy note for later.

Connect Alpaca to your chatConnect Alpaca and start automating your trading reports in a few minutes.

Alpaca is the go-to for developers who want an API-first brokerage. By connecting it to Slack or Discord, you get your trading data where you are already talking. This lets the team check positions and talk through the market without leaving the app. We wrote this guide to show how to use AI to handle the manual parts of your trading workflow.

What is Alpaca?

Alpaca is a commission-free brokerage for stocks and ETFs. It is built for developers, providing REST and WebSocket APIs for market data and execution. You can use paper trading to test ideas before putting real money on the line. Most fintech teams use it to skip the manual work that comes with traditional brokers.

The platform has clear documentation and a large community, which makes it easier to build and deploy your own trading tools.

Examples of the integration

Using an agent with Alpaca changes how you see your financial data. Here are a few ways it works:

The agent pulls your Alpaca data every morning to summarize your positions. It posts this in Slack so the team stays informed without checking a dashboard.
If you want to check an order, just ask. Typing 'What are my open orders on Alpaca?' gets you a list of active trades without leaving the chat.
The agent can look for high volatility in your portfolio at the end of the week. It flags these risks in chat so the team can decide if they need to act. We have more details in our guide on how to simplify your business analytics.
When the team discusses strategy in Slack, the agent can grab the main points and save them as organized notes. This keeps context from getting buried. See a similar approach in our guide on how to save time on documentation.

Runbear puts Alpaca's trading data into your team's existing conversations. It makes the information useful for everyone, not just the engineers.

Alpaca vs. Alpaca with agents

Comparison between using Alpaca alone and with Runbear

Alpaca handles the trading infrastructure, while the agent handles the communication. Instead of digging through a dashboard or running local scripts, you get automated reports and can ask questions in chat. It keeps your trading data where you actually work.

Things to consider

To set this up, you will need to connect your Alpaca API keys to Runbear and set permissions. You should decide who can see account data and make sure everyone knows the difference between paper trading and live environments. Most teams spend less time on manual reporting after switching to chat-based updates, though it takes a moment to get used to the new flow. Check your company's compliance rules before connecting financial data to a chat tool.

Get started

Connecting Alpaca and Runbear helps you stay on top of the market without as much manual work. It makes it easier to track your portfolio and share what you find with the team. If you want to automate your reports, try the integration and see how it fits into your workflow.