longmans/coin_api_mcp

A Model Context Protocol server that provides access to CoinMarketCap's cryptocurrency data. This server enables AI-powered applications to retrieve cryptocurrency listings, quotes, and detailed information about various coins.
Available Tools
- listing-coins - Fetches a paginated list of all active cryptocurrencies with the latest market data.
- start (integer, optional): Offset the start (1-based index) of the paginated list of items to return.
- limit (integer, optional): Number of results to return (default: 10, max: 5000).
- price_min (number, optional): Minimum USD price to filter results.
- price_max (number, optional): Maximum USD price to filter results.
- market_cap_min (number, optional): Minimum market cap to filter results.
- market_cap_max (number, optional): Maximum market cap to filter results.
- convert (string, optional): Calculate market quotes in multiple currencies.
- sort (string, optional): Field to sort the list of cryptocurrencies by.
- sort_dir (string, optional): Direction to order cryptocurrencies (asc or desc).
- get-coin-info - Retrieves detailed information about a specific cryptocurrency.
- id (string, optional): One or more comma-separated CoinMarketCap cryptocurrency IDs.
- slug (string, optional): A comma-separated list of cryptocurrency slugs.
- symbol (string, optional): One or more comma-separated cryptocurrency symbols.
- get-coin-quotes - Fetches the latest market quotes for one or more cryptocurrencies.
- id (string, optional): One or more comma-separated cryptocurrency CoinMarketCap IDs.
- slug (string, optional): A comma-separated list of cryptocurrency slugs.
- symbol (string, optional): One or more comma-separated cryptocurrency symbols.
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install Cryptocurrency Data for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Build the Server
Clone this repository and build and install the program with your default Python interpreter (recommended).
After installation, you can run it as a script using:
Configuration
API Key
The server requires a CoinMarketCap API key to function. You can obtain one from CoinMarketCap's website. The API key can be provided in two ways:
1. As an environment variable:
2. As a command-line argument:
Configure for Claude.app
Add to your Claude settings:
Using pip installation
If you see any issue, you may want to use the full path for the Python interpreter you are using. You can do a which python to find out the exact path if needed.
Remember to set the COINMARKETCAP_API_KEY environment variable or provide it via the --api-key argument.