icici-mcp

MCP server for ICICI Direct -- trade Indian stocks through natural conversation with any MCP-compatible AI assistant.

Why an MCP server instead of a Python library?

Traditional Breeze Connect wrappers require you to write Python code to trade. With icici-mcp, you just talk:

You:       "Buy 50 Reliance at market price"
Assistant: checks quote, verifies funds, asks for confirmation, places order

You:       "How's my portfolio doing?"
Assistant: fetches holdings, calculates P&L, summarizes gainers and losers

You:       "Show me the NIFTY option chain for next expiry"
Assistant: fetches option chain data with strikes, premiums, and OI

No code. No scripts. No terminal. Just conversation.

icici-mcp connects any MCP-compatible AI assistant directly to your ICICI Direct account with 14 trading tools, automated TOTP login, and auto-retry on expired tokens.

How it works

You (natural language) --> AI Assistant --> icici-mcp (MCP server) --> ICICI Direct Breeze API

Your AI assistant interprets your intent, maps stock names to symbols (e.g., "Infosys" to INFY), checks your funds, and executes trades -- all through the MCP protocol. The server handles authentication automatically, including daily token refresh via TOTP.

Features

14 tools for complete trading control:

Tool	Description
icici_login	Auto-authenticate with TOTP
get_holdings	Portfolio holdings with P&L
get_demat_holdings	All shares in your demat account
get_positions	Today's open positions
get_orders	Order history for a date range
get_margins	Available margins for trading
get_funds	Available funds in your account
get_quote	Live market quotes (equity and F&O)
get_historical_data	Historical OHLCV candle data
get_option_chain	Option chain quotes with strikes and premiums
place_order	Place buy/sell orders (market, limit, stop-loss)
modify_order	Modify pending orders
cancel_order	Cancel pending orders
square_off	Square off open positions

Key capabilities:

• Fully automated login -- TOTP generated on the fly, no manual intervention
• Auto-retry on stale tokens -- re-authenticates transparently if a token expires mid-session
• Option chain data for F&O analysis
• Supports equity (cash), futures, options, margin, and BTST orders

Compatible with

Works with any MCP-compatible client, including:

Client	Platform
Claude Desktop	macOS, Windows
Claude Code	Terminal (macOS, Linux, Windows)
Cursor	macOS, Windows, Linux
Windsurf	macOS, Windows, Linux
Continue	VS Code, JetBrains
Any MCP-compatible client	See MCP clients list

Quick Start

1. Install

pip install icici-mcp
playwright install chromium

Note: The playwright install chromium step is required once for automated TOTP login. It downloads a headless Chromium browser (~90MB) used to log in to ICICI Direct automatically.

2. Get your credentials

You need an ICICI Direct API app. From your app dashboard, note your API Key and API Secret.

You also need:

• User ID -- your ICICI Direct client ID
• Password -- your ICICI Direct login password
• TOTP Secret (recommended) -- the base32 seed from setting up an external authenticator app for ICICI Direct 2FA. This enables fully automated login with no manual steps.

How to get your TOTP secret

1. Log in to secure.icicidirect.com
2. Go to Profile > Security Settings > 2FA / TOTP Settings
3. Choose to set up an external authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Authy, etc.)
4. When the QR code appears, look for a "Can't scan? Copy this key" link or use a QR decoder to extract the secret
5. That key is your TOTP secret -- save it before completing setup
6. Enter the 6-digit code from your authenticator to finish

3. Configure your MCP client

Add this to your MCP client configuration. The config location depends on your client -- refer to your client's documentation for the exact path.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "icici": {
      "command": "icici-mcp",
      "env": {
        "ICICI_API_KEY": "your-api-key",
        "ICICI_API_SECRET": "your-api-secret",
        "ICICI_USER_ID": "your-user-id",
        "ICICI_PASSWORD": "your-password",
        "ICICI_TOTP_SECRET": "your-totp-secret",
        "ICICI_SESSION_TOKEN": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart your MCP client. You're ready to trade.

4. Try it out

Open a new chat and try:

• "Show my portfolio holdings"
• "What's Reliance trading at?"
• "Buy 10 Infosys at market price"
• "How much cash do I have available?"
• "Cancel my last pending order"
• "Show me NIFTY option chain for the nearest expiry"

The AI assistant understands stock names in plain English -- no need to use trading symbols.

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
ICICI_API_KEY	Yes	ICICI Direct API key
ICICI_API_SECRET	Yes	ICICI Direct API secret
ICICI_USER_ID	Yes	ICICI Direct client ID
ICICI_PASSWORD	Yes	ICICI Direct login password
ICICI_TOTP_SECRET	No	TOTP base32 seed for auto-login. Without this, you must run icici-mcp-login manually each day or set ICICI_SESSION_TOKEN.
ICICI_SESSION_TOKEN	No	Manual session token from the ICICI Direct API login page. Use this if you cannot set up TOTP auto-login.

Manual Login

If you don't have a TOTP secret, you can log in manually each day:

Option 1: Use the CLI tool

export ICICI_API_KEY=your-api-key
export ICICI_API_SECRET=your-api-secret
export ICICI_USER_ID=your-user-id
export ICICI_PASSWORD=your-password
icici-mcp-login

This caches the session token for the rest of the day. The MCP server will use the cached token until it expires.

Option 2: Set ICICI_SESSION_TOKEN directly

1. Visit https://api.icicidirect.com/apiuser/login?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
2. Complete the login flow manually
3. Copy the apisession value from the redirect URL
4. Set it as ICICI_SESSION_TOKEN in your MCP client config

Use Cases

• Daily portfolio monitoring -- "Give me a summary of my portfolio with top gainers and losers"
• Quick trades -- "Buy 50 Reliance" / "Sell all my Yes Bank"
• F&O trading -- "Show me BANKNIFTY option chain" / "Buy 1 lot NIFTY 25000 CE"
• Research + action -- "What's the 52-week high of HDFC Bank? Should I add more at current levels?"
• Position management -- "Square off all my margin positions"
• Scheduled reports -- Combine with MCP scheduled tasks to get a daily portfolio summary at 9am

Roadmap

• Basket orders -- place multiple orders in one command
• Mutual fund tools -- buy, redeem, check SIPs
• IPO application tools
• Portfolio analytics -- sector allocation, diversification score
• Multi-account support

Have an idea? Open a feature request.

Development

git clone https://github.com/aranjan/icici-mcp.git
cd icici-mcp
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Security

• Credentials are passed via environment variables -- never stored in code
• Session tokens are cached locally at ~/.icici_direct_token.json and expire daily
• The server runs locally on your machine -- no data is sent to third-party servers
• All communication with ICICI Direct uses HTTPS

License

MIT