crypto-price-mcp

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that fetches cryptocurrency prices from multiple exchanges.

Features

• Fetch real-time prices from 8 exchanges in parallel

• Compare prices across all exchanges and find the best rate

• Get 24-hour volume rankings per exchange

• List all tradable pairs on a given exchange

Supported Exchanges

MCP Tools

get_price

Fetch the current price of a cryptocurrency from one or more exchanges.

symbol    : Asset symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH, SOL)
exchanges : (optional) List of exchanges to query. Defaults to all.

compare_prices

Compare prices across all exchanges and show the lowest/highest price with spread percentage.

symbol : Asset symbol (e.g., BTC, ETH, SOL)

get_top_ranking

Get the top N cryptocurrencies ranked by 24-hour volume on a given exchange.

exchange : Exchange name
limit    : (optional) Number of results. Default: 10, max: 50

get_pairs

List all tradable pairs available on a given exchange.

exchange : Exchange name

Setup

Requires Python 3.12+ and uv.

git clone https://github.com/your-username/crypto-price-mcp.git
cd crypto-price-mcp
uv sync

Usage

Run the server directly

uv run python -m crypto_price_mcp.server

Connect to Claude Desktop

Add the following to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crypto-price-mcp": {
      "command": "/path/to/uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/crypto-price-mcp",
        "run",
        "python",
        "-m",
        "crypto_price_mcp.server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Development

# Run tests
uv run pytest

# Lint
uv run ruff check src tests

# Type check
uv run mypy src

Tech Stack

• MCP Python SDK — MCP server framework

• httpx — Async HTTP client

• uv — Package manager