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balldontlie.io NBA stats (free API key required)

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Status
Unhealthy
Uptime
47.8% over 38 days
Last Tested
Transport
Streamable HTTP
URL
Repository
pipeworx-io/mcp-balldontlie
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mcp-balldontlie

TDQS

A3.7/5.0

Scored across 39 tools

Disambiguation2/5

Multiple tools have overlapping purposes: ask_pipeworx, ask_pipeworx_beta, ask_pipeworx_grounded, and deep_research all route natural-language questions to data sources with only subtle differences; discover_tools and suggest_questions both help explore capabilities; entity_profile, recent_changes, and resolve_entity overlap in entity resolution and profiling. The descriptions attempt to differentiate, but as a set the boundaries are blurry, leading to high misselection risk.

Naming Consistency5/5

All tool names use snake_case consistently, with no camelCase or mixed conventions. While some names are noun phrases (e.g., game, player, teams) and others are verb phrases (e.g., validate_claim, scan_dependency), the underscore-separated lowercase pattern is uniform across all 39 tools.

Tool Count2/5

39 tools is excessive for the apparent server scope (the Balldontlie name suggests an NBA stats API), and the set is bloated with many off-topic Pipeworx data gateway and meta-tools. Even for a general data agent, 39 tools is heavy and includes near-duplicates (e.g., three ask_pipeworx variants), making the surface difficult to navigate.

Completeness2/5

For the inferred NBA domain, obvious gaps exist: no standings, no team season averages, no career stats, no play-by-play, no injuries, and no draft data. The tool surface covers only a small subset of typical NBA API operations, while the many unrelated tools do not compensate for these domain-specific omissions.

Tool Schema Changelog

Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. 1 tool update
    • Changedbet_research2 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / examples
        Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "market": "when-will-bitcoin-hit-150k"
-  },
-  {
-    "market": "https://polymarket.com/event/when-will-bitcoin-hit-150k"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "market": "will-kristi-noem-win-the-2028-republican-presidential-nomination"
+  },
+  {
+    "market": "https://polymarket.com/event/will-kristi-noem-win-the-2028-republican-presidential-nomination"
+  }
+]
      • changedInput schema / properties / market / description
        Previous value: -"Polymarket slug (\"when-will-bitcoin-hit-150k\"), full URL (\"https://polymarket.com/event/...\"), or question text (\"Will Bitcoin hit $150k?\"). Dated slugs stop resolving once they settle — Polymarket de-indexes resolved markets — so prefer an undated one."New value: +"Polymarket slug (\"will-kristi-noem-win-the-2028-republican-presidential-nomination\"), full URL (\"https://polymarket.com/event/...\"), or question text (\"Will Bitcoin hit $150k?\"). Dated slugs stop resolving once they settle — Polymarket de-indexes resolved markets — so prefer an undated one."
  2. 2 tool updates
    • Changedbet_research2 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / examples
        Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "market": "will-bitcoin-reach-100k-in-july-2026"
-  },
-  {
-    "market": "https://polymarket.com/event/will-bitcoin-hit-150k-by-june-30-2026"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "market": "when-will-bitcoin-hit-150k"
+  },
+  {
+    "market": "https://polymarket.com/event/when-will-bitcoin-hit-150k"
+  }
+]
      • changedInput schema / properties / market / description
        Previous value: -"Polymarket slug (\"will-bitcoin-hit-150k-by-june-30-2026\"), full URL (\"https://polymarket.com/event/...\"), or question text (\"Will Bitcoin hit $150k by June 30?\")"New value: +"Polymarket slug (\"when-will-bitcoin-hit-150k\"), full URL (\"https://polymarket.com/event/...\"), or question text (\"Will Bitcoin hit $150k?\"). Dated slugs stop resolving once they settle — Polymarket de-indexes resolved markets — so prefer an undated one."
    • Changedpolymarket_kalshi_spread2 fields changed
      • changedInput schema / examples
        Previous value: -[
-  {
-    "topic": "fed"
-  },
-  {
-    "topic": "btc"
-  }
-]New value: +[
+  {
+    "topic": "fed"
+  },
+  {
+    "topic": "btc"
+  },
+  {
+    "topic": "bitcoin"
+  },
+  {
+    "topic": "fed rate decision"
+  }
+]
      • changedInput schema / properties / topic / description
        Previous value: -"Pre-mapped: fed | btc | cpi | gdp | sp500 | recession | next_pope | next_uk_pm | next_israel_pm | 2028_president"New value: +"Subject to compare. Canonical keys: fed | btc | eth | cpi | gdp | sp500 | recession | next_pope | next_uk_pm | next_israel_pm | 2028_president — but aliases and keywords resolve too (\"bitcoin\", \"fed rate decision\", \"ethereum\", \"inflation\", \"s&p 500\", \"us recession\", \"next pope\", \"2028 election\"). Check resolution.topic_matched_by in the response: \"exact\"/\"alias\" is a curated pairing, \"phrase\"/\"token\" is a keyword guess."

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