Step-by-step templates for trading stocks, options, and crypto through the Public API — including placing equity, options, and multi-leg orders, retrieving account balance data, and using Claude as a trading agent from Claude Desktop.
Access tokens are required for all subsequent API requests
Retrieve account details such as available funds, holdings, and equity distribution.
Learn how to place your first equity order by getting market data, running preflight checks, placing the order, and verifying execution.
Learn how to place your first options order by getting option expiration dates & option chain data, running preflight checks, and placing the order.
Learn how to place multi-leg options strategies like bull call spreads by getting option chain data, running multi-leg preflight checks, placing the strategy, and monitoring execution.
Learn how to place your first bond order by getting bond quote data, running preflight checks, placing the order, and verifying execution.
Learn how to open and close a short position by confirming a margin account, checking if the stock is shortable, placing the short, and covering the position.
Learn how to get started with the offical Public Agent Skill for Perplexity Computer. We'll go through setup and placing your first option order.
Learn how to get started with the official Public Agent Skill for OpenClaw. We'll go through setup and connecting your Public brokerage account.
Learn how to use Claude for trading by connecting your Public.com brokerage to Claude Desktop using the official Public MCP server. Covers installation, configuration, and placing stock, options, and crypto trades from natural-language prompts.
Install the publicdotcom-cli, authenticate with your brokerage account, and go from a live quote to a placed order without leaving the terminal.