MCP Crypto Price

About

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides real-time cryptocurrency analysis via CoinCap's API. Enables Claude and other MCP clients to fetch crypto prices, analyze market trends, and track historical data.

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Usage

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file:

MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

                {
                  "mcpServers": {
                    "mcp-crypto-price": {
                      "command": "npx",
                      "args": ["-y", "mcp-crypto-price"]
                    }
                  }
                }
                

Optional: CoinCap API Key

For higher rate limits, add an API key to your configuration:

                {
                  "mcpServers": {
                    "mcp-crypto-price": {
                      "command": "npx",
                      "args": ["-y", "mcp-crypto-price"],
                      "env": {
                        "COINCAP_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
                

Important Note: CoinCap is sunsetting their v2 API. This MCP supports both v2 and v3 APIs:

• If you provide a COINCAP_API_KEY, it will attempt to use the v3 API first, falling back to v2 if necessary
• Without an API key, it will use the v2 API (which will eventually be discontinued)

It's recommended to obtain an API key from pro.coincap.io/dashboard as the v2 API will be completely deactivated in the future.

Launch Claude Desktop to start using the crypto analysis tools.

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Tools

• get-crypto-price: Gets current price and 24h stats for any cryptocurrency.
• get-market-analysis: Provides detailed market analysis.
• get-historical-analysis: Analyzes historical price data.

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Sample Prompts

• "What's the current price of Bitcoin?"
• "Show me market analysis for ETH"
• "Give me the 7-day price history for DOGE"
• "What are the top exchanges trading BTC?"
• "Show me the price trends for SOL with 1-hour intervals"

Project Inspiration

This project was inspired by Alex Andru's coincap-mcp project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.