@cyanheads/sports-mcp-server
by cyanheads
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<p><b>Get live scores, schedules, standings, team and player data for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, soccer, and more via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.</b>
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## Overview
Live and historical sports data from ESPN, MLB StatsAPI, and TheSportsDB. Look up teams and players, check scores, schedules, and standings across NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and major soccer leagues from any MCP client. Runs as a stdio process or a local Streamable HTTP server.
### Tools
| Tool | Description |
|:-----|:------------|
| `sports_find_team` | Resolve a team name or partial name to canonical records and source IDs across providers. |
| `sports_find_player` | Resolve a player name to canonical TheSportsDB records with ID, team, position, and bio fields. |
| `sports_get_scores` | Live and final scores for a league on a given date, optionally filtered by team. |
| `sports_get_schedule` | Upcoming and past fixtures for a team or league over a date range. |
| `sports_get_standings` | Current standings or league table for a league and season. |
| `sports_get_team` | Team detail combining metadata, roster, recent results, and upcoming fixtures. |
| `sports_get_player` | Player details from TheSportsDB — biography, team, position, and physical stats. |
## Capability reference
### `sports_find_team` <sub>tool</sub>
- Free-text `query` (non-whitespace, max 200 characters) with an optional `league` filter to narrow the search
- Searches TheSportsDB, ESPN, and MLB StatsAPI, then deduplicates matches by display name, merging cross-source IDs into one record
- Returns full name, abbreviation, location, logo URL, venue, and `espnId`/`mlbId`/`tsdbId` cross-references per match
- `no_match` error when no team matches the query across any source
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### `sports_find_player` <sub>tool</sub>
- Free-text `query` (max 200 characters) plus an optional `sport` hint — advisory only, since TheSportsDB has no server-side sport filter and matches return regardless of its value
- Returns `player_id`, full name, current team, position, nationality, birth date, and thumbnail URL
- `no_match` error when no player matches in TheSportsDB
---
### `sports_get_scores` <sub>tool</sub>
- `league` required; `date` (YYYY-MM-DD) defaults to today; optional `team_name` filters to one team's game
- Routes NFL/NBA/NHL/soccer to ESPN, MLB to MLB StatsAPI
- Returns home/away teams, score, status (`scheduled`/`in-progress`/`final`/`postponed`/`cancelled`), period or clock, and UTC start time
- No games scheduled returns `games: []` with a `reason` string instead of an error
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### `sports_get_schedule` <sub>tool</sub>
- `league` required; optional `team_name`, and `date_from`/`date_to` (YYYY-MM-DD, inclusive)
- Fetches from ESPN or MLB StatsAPI depending on league, applying the date range server-side where the provider supports it
- Returns opponent, home/away score, status, UTC start time, venue, and source per game
- `team_not_found` error when `team_name` doesn't resolve to a team in the league
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### `sports_get_standings` <sub>tool</sub>
- `league` required; optional `season` (4-digit year) — omit for the current season
- Returns rank, wins, losses, ties, points (NHL/soccer), winning percentage, division rank, streak, and games behind per team
- No `season` given and no data available returns empty standings with an enrichment notice instead of an error; an explicit `season` with no data throws `season_not_found`
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### `sports_get_team` <sub>tool</sub>
- `league` and `team_name` required (fuzzy match on name, abbreviation, or location)
- Returns team metadata, active roster, up to 5 recent completed results, and up to 3 upcoming fixtures
- MLB teams source roster and schedule from MLB StatsAPI; all other leagues use ESPN
- `team_not_found` error when `team_name` doesn't resolve in the league
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### `sports_get_player` <sub>tool</sub>
- `player_id` accepts a `tsdb:`-prefixed ID (from `sports_find_player`) or a raw numeric TheSportsDB ID
- Returns bio, current team, position, nationality, birth date, height, weight, career description, and thumbnail URL
- `player_not_found` error when the ID doesn't resolve to a player
## Features
Built on [`@cyanheads/mcp-ts-core`](https://github.com/cyanheads/mcp-ts-core): stdio and Streamable HTTP transports, pluggable auth (`none` / `jwt` / `oauth`), swappable storage (`in-memory`, `filesystem`, `Supabase`, `Cloudflare KV/R2/D1`), structured logging with optional OpenTelemetry tracing.
Sports-specific:
- Three keyless sources — ESPN site API, MLB StatsAPI, and TheSportsDB (free tier key `3`) — no required API credentials
- Internal league routing table sends each query to the best source per sport; callers never reference an upstream API directly
- Normalized output types across all sources — `NormalizedGame`, `NormalizedTeam`, `NormalizedPlayer`, `NormalizedStanding` — with source provenance on every record
- Cross-source team IDs merged onto one canonical record by `sports_find_team`, deduplicated by display name
- Graceful off-season handling — empty standings return an enrichment notice rather than an error; empty scoreboards return `games: []` with a `reason` string
Agent-friendly output:
- Source provenance on every record — `source: 'espn' | 'mlbstats' | 'thesportsdb'` — so agents can reason about data authority
- Structured `reason` field on empty score responses, and an enrichment notice on off-season standings, so agents can explain results without treating them as errors
- Cross-source IDs surfaced by `sports_find_team` — `espnId`, `mlbId`, `tsdbId` — for downstream routing without re-resolving names
- Typed error reasons (`no_match`, `team_not_found`, `player_not_found`, `season_not_found`) each carrying an actionable recovery hint
## Getting started
Add the following to your MCP client configuration file.
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"sports": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "bunx",
"args": ["@cyanheads/sports-mcp-server@latest"],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
"MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info"
}
}
}
}
```
Or with npx (no Bun required):
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"sports": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@cyanheads/sports-mcp-server@latest"],
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "stdio",
"MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info"
}
}
}
}
```
Or with Docker:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"sports": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run", "-i", "--rm",
"-e", "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=stdio",
"ghcr.io/cyanheads/sports-mcp-server:latest"
]
}
}
}
```
For Streamable HTTP, set the transport and start the server:
```sh
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=http MCP_HTTP_PORT=3010 bun run start:http
# Server listens at http://localhost:3010/mcp
```
### Prerequisites
- [Bun v1.4.0](https://bun.sh/) or higher (or Node.js v24+).
- No API keys required — ESPN and MLB StatsAPI are fully keyless; TheSportsDB ships with a free public test key (`3`).
### Installation
1. **Clone the repository:**
```sh
git clone https://github.com/cyanheads/sports-mcp-server.git
```
2. **Navigate into the directory:**
```sh
cd sports-mcp-server
```
3. **Install dependencies:**
```sh
bun install
```
4. **Configure environment:**
```sh
cp .env.example .env
# edit .env to override defaults (all optional)
```
## Configuration
| Variable | Description | Default |
|:---------|:------------|:--------|
| `THESPORTSDB_API_KEY` | TheSportsDB API key. Replace with a paid key for higher rate limits. | `3` |
| `MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE` | Transport: `stdio` or `http`. | `stdio` |
| `MCP_HTTP_PORT` | Port for HTTP server. | `3010` |
| `MCP_SESSION_MODE` | HTTP session mode: `stateful`, `stateless`, or `auto` (resolves to stateful). The server declares `stateless` in source; an explicit value here overrides it. | `stateless` |
| `MCP_AUTH_MODE` | Auth mode: `none`, `jwt`, or `oauth`. | `none` |
| `MCP_LOG_LEVEL` | Log level (RFC 5424). | `info` |
| `LOGS_DIR` | Directory for log files (Node.js only). | `<project-root>/logs` |
| `OTEL_ENABLED` | Enable [OpenTelemetry instrumentation](https://github.com/cyanheads/mcp-ts-core/tree/main/docs/telemetry). | `false` |
See [`.env.example`](./.env.example) for the full list of optional overrides.
## Running the server
### Local development
- **Build and run:**
```sh
# One-time build
bun run rebuild
# Run the built server
bun run start:stdio
# or
bun run start:http
```
- **Run checks and tests:**
```sh
bun run devcheck # Lint, format, typecheck, security
bun run test # Vitest test suite
bun run lint:mcp # Validate MCP definitions against spec
```
### Docker
```sh
docker build -t sports-mcp-server .
docker run --rm -p 3010:3010 sports-mcp-server
```
The Dockerfile builds with Bun, runs the production server under Node, defaults to HTTP transport and stateless session mode, and logs to `/var/log/sports-mcp-server`. OpenTelemetry peer dependencies are installed by default — build with `--build-arg OTEL_ENABLED=false` to omit them.
## Project structure
| Directory | Purpose |
|:----------|:--------|
| `src/index.ts` | `createApp()` entry point — registers tools and inits services. |
| `src/config` | Server-specific environment variable parsing (`THESPORTSDB_API_KEY`). |
| `src/services/types.ts` | Normalized cross-source types and league routing table. |
| `src/services/espn` | ESPN site API service — scores, schedules, standings, teams. |
| `src/services/mlb` | MLB StatsAPI service — scores, schedules, standings, rosters. |
| `src/services/thesportsdb` | TheSportsDB service — player and team search/metadata. |
| `src/mcp-server/tools` | Tool definitions (`*.tool.ts`). |
| `tests/` | Unit and integration tests mirroring `src/`. |
| `docs/` | Design doc and directory tree. |
## Development guide
See [`CLAUDE.md`/`AGENTS.md`](./CLAUDE.md) for development guidelines and architectural rules. The short version:
- Handlers throw, framework catches — no `try/catch` in tool logic
- Use `ctx.log` for request-scoped logging, `ctx.state` for tenant-scoped storage
- Register new tools via the barrel in `src/mcp-server/tools/definitions/index.ts`
- Wrap external API calls: validate raw → normalize to domain type → return output schema; never fabricate missing fields
## Contributing
Issues are welcome. Run checks and tests before submitting:
```sh
bun run devcheck
bun run test
```
## License
Apache-2.0 — see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
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