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PolyMarket MCP Server

PolyMarket MCP Server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to prediction market data through the PolyMarket API. This server implements a standardized interface for retrieving market information, prices, and historical data from prediction markets.

Features

  • Real-time prediction market data with current prices and probabilities

  • Detailed market information including categories, resolution dates, and descriptions

  • Historical price and volume data with customizable timeframes (1d, 7d, 30d, all)

  • Built-in error handling and rate limit management

  • Clean data formatting for easy consumption

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install PolyMarket Predictions for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install polymarket_mcp --client claude

Claude Desktop

  • On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

  • On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

"mcpServers": { "polymarket-mcp": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/Users/{INSERT_USER}/YOUR/PATH/TO/polymarket-mcp", "run", "polymarket-mcp" //or src/polymarket_mcp/server.py ], "env": { "KEY": "<insert poly market api key>", "FUNDER": "<insert polymarket wallet address" } } }

Running Locally

  1. Clone the repository and install dependencies:

Install Libraries

uv pip install -e .

Running

After connecting Claude client with the MCP tool via json file and installing the packages, Claude should see the server's mcp tools:

You can run the sever yourself via: In polymarket-mcp repo:

uv run src/polymarket_mcp/server.py

*if you want to run the server inspector along with the server:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv --directory C:\\Users\\{INSERT_USER}\\YOUR\\PATH\\TO\\polymarket-mcp run src/polymarket_mcp/server.py
  1. Create a .env file with your PolyMarket API key:

Key=your_api_key_here Funder=poly market wallet address

After connecting Claude client with the MCP tool via json file, run the server: In alpha-vantage-mcp repo: uv run src/polymarket_mcp/server.py

Available Tools

The server implements four tools:

  • get-market-info: Get detailed information about a specific prediction market

  • list-markets: List available prediction markets with filtering options

  • get-market-prices: Get current prices and trading information

  • get-market-history: Get historical price and volume data

get-market-info

Input Schema:

{ "market_id": { "type": "string", "description": "Market ID or slug" } }

Example Response:

Title: Example Market Category: Politics Status: Open Resolution Date: 2024-12-31 Volume: $1,234,567.89 Liquidity: $98,765.43 Description: This is an example prediction market... ---

list-markets

Input Schema:

{ "status": { "type": "string", "description": "Filter by market status", "enum": ["open", "closed", "resolved"] }, "limit": { "type": "integer", "description": "Number of markets to return", "default": 10, "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100 }, "offset": { "type": "integer", "description": "Number of markets to skip (for pagination)", "default": 0, "minimum": 0 } }

Example Response:

Available Markets: ID: market-123 Title: US Presidential Election 2024 Status: Open Volume: $1,234,567.89 --- ID: market-124 Title: Oscar Best Picture 2024 Status: Open Volume: $234,567.89 ---

get-market-prices

Input Schema:

{ "market_id": { "type": "string", "description": "Market ID or slug" } }

Example Response:

Current Market Prices for US Presidential Election 2024 Outcome: Democratic Price: $0.6500 Probability: 65.0% --- Outcome: Republican Price: $0.3500 Probability: 35.0% ---

get-market-history

Input Schema:

{ "market_id": { "type": "string", "description": "Market ID or slug" }, "timeframe": { "type": "string", "description": "Time period for historical data", "enum": ["1d", "7d", "30d", "all"], "default": "7d" } }

Example Response:

Historical Data for US Presidential Election 2024 Time Period: 7d Time: 2024-01-20T12:00:00Z Price: $0.6500 Volume: $123,456.78 --- Time: 2024-01-19T12:00:00Z Price: $0.6300 Volume: $98,765.43 ---

Error Handling

The server includes comprehensive error handling for various scenarios:

  • Rate limiting (429 errors)

  • Invalid API keys (403 errors)

  • Invalid market IDs (404 errors)

  • Network connectivity issues

  • API timeout conditions (30-second timeout)

  • Malformed responses

Error messages are returned in a clear, human-readable format.

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.9 or higher

  • httpx>=0.24.0

  • mcp-core

  • python-dotenv>=1.0.0

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Deploy Server
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security – no known vulnerabilities
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quality - confirmed to work

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