MonteWalk

Instructions

Gets the top trending cryptocurrencies in the last 24 hours.

Returns:
    Formatted string with trending coins

Implementation Reference

• tools/crypto_data.py:94-120 (handler)

  The core handler function that fetches top trending cryptocurrencies from CoinGecko API and formats them into a readable string list.

  def get_trending_crypto() -> str:
      """
      Gets the top trending cryptocurrencies in the last 24 hours.
      
      Returns:
          Formatted string with trending coins
      """
      try:
          data = cg.get_search_trending()
          coins = data.get('coins', [])
          
          if not coins:
              return "No trending coins data available"
              
          summary = ["=== TRENDING CRYPTOCURRENCIES (24h) ===\n"]
          
          for i, item in enumerate(coins[:10], 1):
              coin = item.get('item', {})
              summary.append(
                  f"{i}. {coin.get('name')} ({coin.get('symbol', 'N/A').upper()})"
                  f" - Rank #{coin.get('market_cap_rank', 'N/A')}"
              )
              
          return "\n".join(summary)
      except Exception as e:
          logger.error(f"CoinGecko error: {e}")
          return f"Error fetching trending coins: {str(e)}"

• server.py:414-418 (registration)

  Registers get_trending_crypto as an MCP tool in the 'Cryptocurrency' category using the register_tools helper function.

  register_tools(
      [get_crypto_price, get_crypto_market_data, get_trending_crypto, search_crypto],
      "Cryptocurrency"
  )

• app.py:295-302 (registration)

  Includes get_trending_crypto in the 'Crypto' tools group for the Gradio toolbox and MCP server in the app.py dual-mode application.

  "Crypto": [
      get_crypto_price,
      get_crypto_market_data,
      get_trending_crypto,
      search_crypto,
      get_crypto_resource,
      crypto_market_update,
  ],

• tools/crypto_data.py:13-13 (helper)

  Global CoinGeckoAPI client initialization used by get_trending_crypto and other crypto tools.

  cg = CoinGeckoAPI()