Institutional-grade crypto prices, derivatives and indices, queried in plain English
Most search and retrieval work still happens through a UI a human drives. CoinDesk Data MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. Hosted MCP endpoint for CoinDesk Data: spot and index prices, futures and options analytics, order books, on-chain supply and CoinDesk news feeds.
Hosted MCP endpoint for CoinDesk Data: spot and index prices, futures and options analytics, order books, on-chain supply and CoinDesk news feeds.
The server publishes 39 tools. What each one is for:
fetch_spot_instruments — List the spot instruments CoinDesk covers on a given exchange, with mapping statusfetch_spot_instrument_details — Return metadata for a specific spot instrument — base and quote assets, first trade, mapping historyfetch_spot_tick — Latest spot tick for one or more instruments on a chosen marketfetch_spot_ohlcv — Historical spot OHLCV candles for an instrument at minute, hour or day resolutionfetch_spot_orderbook_metrics — Derived order book statistics such as depth and imbalance for a spot instrumentfetch_spot_orderbook_snapshot — Point-in-time bid/ask snapshot of a spot order bookfetch_spot_trades — Individual trade prints for a spot instrument over a time windowfetch_spot_toplist — Rank instruments or assets by volume or other metrics over a periodfetch_index_tick — Latest value for a CoinDesk index or benchmarkfetch_index_ohlcv — Historical OHLCV series for a CoinDesk indexfetch_futures_instruments — List futures and perpetual instruments available on a derivatives venuefetch_futures_instrument_details — Contract metadata for a specific futures instrumentA CoinDesk Data account and API key. Coverage, history depth and rate limits follow your subscription tier.
Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
Plenty of search and retrieval servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. CoinDesk Data's toolset — fetch_spot_instruments, fetch_spot_instrument_details, fetch_spot_tick and 36 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by CoinDesk Data rather than a third party, which usually means auth handling and breaking changes are dealt with faster.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
Pull funding rates and open interest for the same perpetual across several exchanges and have the assistant lay out where carry is cheapest and positioning is heaviest.
Request hourly OHLCV over a defined range for a basket of pairs and get a clean, aligned series back without writing pagination or retry logic.
Ask for open interest by strike and expiry on a major underlying to see where the gamma is clustered before a settlement date.
Combine index levels, spot moves and CoinDesk news retrieval so a market note references the actual reporting rather than paraphrasing from memory.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| fetch_spot_instruments | List the spot instruments CoinDesk covers on a given exchange, with mapping status. |
| fetch_spot_instrument_details | Return metadata for a specific spot instrument — base and quote assets, first trade, mapping history. |
| fetch_spot_tick | Latest spot tick for one or more instruments on a chosen market. |
| fetch_spot_ohlcv | Historical spot OHLCV candles for an instrument at minute, hour or day resolution. |
| fetch_spot_orderbook_metrics | Derived order book statistics such as depth and imbalance for a spot instrument. |
| fetch_spot_orderbook_snapshot | Point-in-time bid/ask snapshot of a spot order book. |
| fetch_spot_trades | Individual trade prints for a spot instrument over a time window. |
| fetch_spot_toplist | Rank instruments or assets by volume or other metrics over a period. |
| fetch_index_tick | Latest value for a CoinDesk index or benchmark. |
| fetch_index_ohlcv | Historical OHLCV series for a CoinDesk index. |
| fetch_futures_instruments | List futures and perpetual instruments available on a derivatives venue. |
| fetch_futures_instrument_details | Contract metadata for a specific futures instrument. |
| fetch_futures_tick | Latest futures tick data for selected contracts. |
| fetch_futures_ohlcv | Historical futures OHLCV candles. |
| fetch_futures_oi_tick | Latest open interest reading for a futures contract. |
| fetch_futures_oi_ohlcv | Open interest history as an OHLCV-style series. |
| fetch_futures_oi_by_hour | Hourly open interest aggregates for a futures contract. |
| fetch_futures_fr_tick | Latest funding rate for a perpetual contract. |
| fetch_futures_fr_ohlcv | Funding rate history as a time series. |
| fetch_futures_fr_by_hour | Hourly funding rate aggregates. |
| fetch_futures_orderbook_metrics | Derived order book statistics for a futures instrument. |
| fetch_futures_orderbook_snapshot | Point-in-time futures order book snapshot. |
| fetch_futures_trades | Trade prints for a futures instrument. |
| fetch_options_instruments | List listed options contracts for a venue or underlying. |
| fetch_options_instrument_details | Contract metadata for a specific option — strike, expiry, type. |
| fetch_options_tick | Latest tick data for options contracts. |
| fetch_options_ohlcv | Historical options OHLCV candles. |
| fetch_options_oi_tick | Latest open interest for an options contract. |
| fetch_options_oi_ohlcv | Options open interest history. |
| fetch_options_oi_by_hour | Hourly options open interest aggregates. |
| fetch_options_orderbook_metrics | Derived order book statistics for options. |
| fetch_options_orderbook_snapshot | Point-in-time options order book snapshot. |
| fetch_options_trades | Options trade prints over a window. |
| fetch_news | Retrieve CoinDesk news articles, filterable by source, category and time. |
| fetch_onchain_dex_instruments | List decentralised exchange trading pairs covered on-chain. |
| fetch_onchain_dex_instrument_details | Metadata for a specific DEX pair. |
| fetch_onchain_dex_tick | Latest on-chain DEX price tick. |
| fetch_onchain_dex_ohlcv | Historical OHLCV candles for a DEX pair. |
| fetch_onchain_historical_supply | Historical supply series for an asset, separating circulating from staked supply. |
claude mcp add coindesk --transport http https://mcp.coindesk.com/mcpA CoinDesk Data account and API key. Coverage, history depth and rate limits follow your subscription tier.
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