Is the Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from alpacahq/alpaca-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding SkillProof Score?

9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding

Open and manage Alpaca brokerage accounts: KYC, agreements, documents, status lifecycle.

by alpacahq · alpacahq/alpaca-skills

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.6/10
Tested: Jul 13, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 288273b

Asked how to submit a create-account request and know when trading is allowed: the skill-guided answer produced the exact 11-state status lifecycle and the 'a 200 from POST does not mean tradable, gate on ACTIVE' lesson verbatim, while the unguided baseline only vaguely said 'wait for approval' with no field-level accuracy.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding does

Reference and integration guide for the Alpaca Broker API's account-onboarding flow: creating accounts, KYC/CIP, identity and disclosures, agreements, and document upload (including a W-8BEN JSON shortcut), plus the full account-status lifecycle. Triggers when a developer is building onboarding, KYC, or account-management flows on Alpaca, in any language. Documents concrete integration lessons such as gating downstream operations on ACTIVE status and handling duplicate-email idempotency.

How to install Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding

git clone https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-skills
cd alpaca-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r skills/broker-api/account-onboarding ~/.claude/skills/alpaca-broker-account-onboarding

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding

/alpaca-broker-account-onboarding Open and manage Alpaca brokerage accounts: KYC, agreements, documents, status lifecycle.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Build an Alpaca account onboarding and KYC flow
How do I know when an Alpaca account can trade?
Integrate Alpaca Broker API account creation

Frequently asked questions

Is the Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from alpacahq/alpaca-skills. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 13, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Asked how to submit a create-account request and know when trading is allowed: the skill-guided answer produced the exact 11-state status lifecycle and the 'a 200 from POST does not mean tradable, gate on ACTIVE' lesson verbatim, while the unguided baseline only vaguely said 'wait for approval' with no field-level accuracy.
What is the Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding SkillProof Score?: 9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Alpaca Broker Account Onboarding with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.