Kalshi Kernel MCP Server

Unofficial safety-focused MCP server for Kalshi market data and explicitly authorized trading

Local serverstdio

What is the Kalshi Kernel MCP Server?

Kalshi Kernel is an MCP integration. Unofficial safety-focused MCP server for Kalshi market data and explicitly authorized trading.

Packages and local setup

The published oci package is ghcr.io/copyleftdev/kalshi-kernel:0.1.1. Its declared MCP transport is stdio.

The package declares KALSHI_KERNEL_MODE: Immutable execution mode; paper is the safe default; KALSHI_API_KEY_ID: Kalshi API key identifier; used only in live mode; KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH: Path to a mounted Kalshi private key; used only in live mode; KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACK: Explicit live-risk acknowledgement documented by this project.

Before connecting

Check the maintainer’s instructions for account access, authentication and the supported client configuration. Once connected, inspect the tools your client receives and try a small task that matches the server’s stated purpose. The registry description does not include a verified, complete tool list.

Project and source

View the publisher’s registry entry · Project repository · Project website. This profile uses version 0.1.1 from the registry. Registration identifies the publisher namespace; it does not establish that this is a first-party integration for every service it connects.

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Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
KALSHI_KERNEL_MODEImmutable execution mode; paper is the safe defaultOptional
KALSHI_API_KEY_IDKalshi API key identifier; used only in live modeOptional
KALSHI_PRIVATE_KEY_PATHPath to a mounted Kalshi private key; used only in live modeOptional
KALSHI_LIVE_TRADING_ACKExplicit live-risk acknowledgement documented by this projectOptional