Crypto MCP

🚀 Cryptocurrency MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides real - time access to CoinMarketCap API cryptocurrency data for Claude AI.

🚀 Quick Start

This server serves as a bridge between Claude AI and CoinMarketCap API, enabling Claude to access up - to - date cryptocurrency data. After proper configuration, you can instruct Claude to perform various cryptocurrency - related tasks.

✨ Features

This server offers the following tools for Claude:

• Get Cryptocurrency List: Retrieve the latest cryptocurrency market data.
• Get Specific Cryptocurrency Quote: Fetch the quote of a specific cryptocurrency.
• Get Cryptocurrency Mapping: Obtain the mapping relationship between cryptocurrencies and CoinMarketCap IDs.
• Get Cryptocurrency Information: Access detailed metadata of a specific cryptocurrency.
• Get Global Metrics: Access global indicators of the cryptocurrency market.
• Get Exchange List: Retrieve information about cryptocurrency exchanges.

📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• A CoinMarketCap API key (obtain it at pro.coinmarketcap.com)

Integration with Claude Desktop

To integrate this MCP server with Claude Desktop:

1. Locate the Claude Desktop configuration file:
   • On macOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
2. Add the following configuration to the file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cmc": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": ["crypto-mcp"],
            "env": {
                "COINMARKET_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
            }
        }
    }
}

Manual Installation

1. Clone this repository.
2. Install dependencies:

# Using npm
npm install

# Using bun
bun install

3. Build the TypeScript code:

# Using npm
npm run build

# Using bun
bun run build

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

After configuration, you can ask Claude to perform various cryptocurrency - related tasks:

• "Show the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization."
• "What are the current prices of Bitcoin and Ethereum?"
• "What are today's global cryptocurrency market metrics?"
• "Tell me about the Binance exchange."

📚 Documentation

Screenshots

Top Ten Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency Metadata

Market Metrics

🔧 Technical Details

This project uses TypeScript and the Model Context Protocol SDK to build a server that communicates with Claude AI. To modify the available tools or add new endpoints, edit the src/index.ts file and rebuild the project.