CCXT MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides trading functionality through the CCXT library.

Features

• Fetch ticker data for any symbol
• Get order book data
• View recent trades
• Create orders (market, limit, etc.)
• Cancel orders
• Fetch account balance
• Trading analysis prompts
• Order management guidance
• Testnet support
• Supports any exchange that CCXT supports
• Cached exchange instances for better performance

Project Structure

src/ccxt_mcp/
├── __init__.py              # Main server file
├── utils/
│   └── exchange.py          # Exchange management with testnet support
├── tools/
│   ├── fetch_ticker.py      # Ticker data tool
│   ├── fetch_order_book.py  # Order book tool
│   ├── fetch_trades.py      # Trades tool
│   ├── create_order.py      # Order creation tool
│   ├── cancel_order.py      # Order cancellation tool
│   └── fetch_balance.py     # Balance fetching tool
└── prompts/
    ├── trading_analysis.py  # Trading analysis prompt
    ├── order_management.py  # Order management prompt
    └── testnet_guidance.py  # Testnet guidance prompt

Setup to run MCP server

Prerequisites:

These are instructions for Claude Desktop but this mcp server could be used for any MCP Client.

1. Download github repo:

git clone https://github.com/pcriadoperez/ccxt-mcp.git

2. Enter folder cd ccxt-mcp

3. Install mcp server mcp install run.py

4. Open Claude desktop -> Settings -> Developer -> Edit config

• Add your env variables
• You may have Replace in command you uv location (You can find it running which uv)
• It should look like the below config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "CCXT Trading Server": {
      "command": "/Users/pablo/.local/bin/uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "ccxt",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "/Users/pablo/github/ccxt-mcp-2/run.py"
      ],
      "env":{
          "BINANCE_APIKEY": "BINANCE_APIKEY",
          "BINANCE_SECRET": "BINANCE_SECRET"
      }
    }
  }
}

5. Close and open claude

Setup for contributing

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/pcriadoperez/ccxt-mcp.git
cd ccxt-mcp

2. Install dependencies:

uv pip install -e .

3. Set up environment variables:

# Copy the example environment file
cp .env.example .env

# Edit .env with your API keys
# Add your exchange API keys in the format:
# {EXCHANGE_ID}_API_KEY=your_api_key
# {EXCHANGE_ID}_SECRET=your_secret

Dev usage

1. Run the Dev MCP server:

mcp dev run.py

Security

• Never commit your .env file
• Use environment variables for API keys
• Consider using a secrets management service for production
• Testnet is recommended for development and testing

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Create a Pull Request

License

MIT