# Robinhood MCP: what an AI agent can and can’t do

What the official Robinhood Trading MCP is, what a connected AI agent can read and trade, what it can’t do, and the safety controls and limits to set first.

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## Steps

1. **Read what the agent will see.** Before connecting, accept that the agent can read all your Robinhood accounts, positions, balances, and order history.
2. **Connect from your AI tool.** Add `https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading` as an MCP server in your AI tool and sign in to Robinhood when prompted.
3. **Open the MCP account.** Robinhood prompts you to open a dedicated MCP account during sign-in. You need a primary individual investing account in good standing.
4. **Turn trade approvals on.** In the MCP account tab, open Agent Settings, then Safety Controls, and switch Trade approvals on so the agent proposes and you place.
5. **Fund only what you can lose.** Move in only the amount you are willing to let an agent trade. That balance is the agent’s ceiling.
6. **Test with read-only questions first.** Ask for portfolio, quotes, and an order preview before letting it place anything.

## FAQ

**What is the Robinhood MCP?**
It is Robinhood’s official Trading MCP server at `https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading`. MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets an AI agent connect to an outside service and take actions there. Connected, your agent can read your Robinhood account data and place orders in a dedicated MCP account.

**Does Robinhood have an AI trading bot?**
Robinhood offers two things: the Trading MCP, which lets you connect your own third-party agent (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Grok and others), and built-in Robinhood Agents inside the app. Either way, the agent trades only in a separate agentic account and you are responsible for its trades.

**Can the agent see my main Robinhood account?**
Yes, it can read it. Robinhood says a connected external agent gets read access to all your Robinhood accounts (including account numbers), positions, balances, and order history. It can only place trades in your Robinhood MCP account.

**Can the agent move money out?**
Robinhood says the agent can trade crypto but cannot transfer, stake, or lend it; those actions are yours in the app. The agent’s trading is limited to the money in the MCP account, so how much you fund that account is your real spending limit.

**Is trade approval on by default?**
No, not for external agents. Robinhood turns trade approvals off by default for MCP accounts (and on by default for its built-in agents). Turn it on under your MCP account’s Agent Settings, Safety Controls, if you want to place each trade yourself.

**Does Robinhood MCP work in Claude Code?**
Yes. Robinhood’s instructions are to run `claude mcp add robinhood-trading --transport http https://agent.robinhood.com/mcp/trading`, then type `/mcp`, select robinhood-trading, and sign in. Robinhood lists setup steps for Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, and Grok too.

**Can my agent trade crypto through the MCP?**
Only if you have a Robinhood Crypto account tied to the agentic or MCP account and accept the updated agreement. Robinhood says agent crypto trading is not available in some states, including New York.

**Will Agent Lane tell me what to trade?**
No. This page explains the connection and the safety controls. What your agent trades, and whether it trades at all, is your decision.

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