krakenfx/kraken-cli

Trade on Kraken from your terminal, or let your AI agent trade for you. One
install covers crypto, tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs (for non-U.S. customers),
forex, and futures. Every command can answer in JSON. A built-in MCP server
connects the CLI to Claude, Cursor, Codex and other agents, and paper trading
runs on live prices with no account.
bash
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli/releases/latest/download/kraken-cli-installer.sh | sh
source "$HOME/.cargo/env" # puts kraken on your PATH in this terminal
kraken ticker BTCUSD # live price, no account needed
> [!TIP]
> New: sign in with OAuth. You no longer have to fumble around for API
> keys. kraken auth login opens Kraken in your browser, you approve, and the
> CLI saves a restricted Spot API key for you. The key can't withdraw funds,
> and it expires on its own. See how it works.
With kraken-cli you can:
Trade 1,400+ crypto pairs, 170+ tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs (xStocks), 12
forex pairs and 200+ futures contracts.
What you can trade
Practice on paper first. Paper orders fill at live prices and need no Kraken
account, and the basic order commands are the same as live.
Paper trading
Connect Claude, Cursor, Codex, Gemini and other MCP clients through
kraken-mcp, which serves up to 152 MCP tools. On clients that support MCP
elicitation, calls that move money ask you first; the kraken CLI itself
places orders without a prompt. MCP server
Script it: every command takes -o json, and a failure comes back as JSON
with a stable error field and a non-zero exit code.
For AI agents
Record live market data and replay it into paper sessions, then score a
strategy against pass criteria you fixed before the first run.
Workspaces, sessions, and research
Start from 59 agent skills for DCA, grid trading, rebalancing, futures risk
and more. Agent skills
| You are | Start here |
| A person at a terminal | Install, then follow the Quick start from sign-in to your first order. |
| An AI agent, or building one | Read For AI agents and AGENTS.md. Ask your human to open a new terminal and run kraken auth login there, then call kraken -o json 2>/dev/null. Orders trade real money with no confirmation prompt, so follow the rules for trading real money. |
| Just looking around | Market data and paper trading need no account. Try steps 1 and 2 of the Quick start. |
Paste one of these prompts into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or another AI coding
agent. No agent yet? Install Claude Code
first.
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Install kraken-cli (https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli) and tell me how to sign in with OAuth.
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Install kraken-cli (https://github.com/krakenfx/kraken-cli) and build me a morning market brief.
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With kraken-cli, watch ETH, SOL, and BTC for 30 seconds. What are the pros and cons of buying each right now?
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With kraken-cli, look up AAPLx, TSLAx, and SPYx on xStocks. Summarize how each is performing today.
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You are a Wall Street veteran with 20 years of experience. You have 1 minute. Paper trade BTC with kraken-cli and show me your P&L.
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With kraken-cli futures paper trading, open a 10x leveraged long on BTC with $5,000 collateral. Set a trailing stop at 3%.