Description MCP Server

MCP server implementation for the cryptocurrency exchange. This package provides a simple interface to interact with Bybit/OKX/Binance public API

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What is the Description MCP server?

MCP server implementation for the cryptocurrency exchange. This package provides a simple interface to interact with Bybit/OKX/Binance public API endpoints. Exposed over MCP by the description mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

A comprehensive MCP (Model Context Protocol) server implementation for cryptocurrency exchanges, supporting Bybit, Binance, and OKX. This package provides a unified interface to interact with both public APIs (market data) and private APIs (trading, account management).

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • Real — time price data** - Get current ticker information
  • Utility — The Utility tool exposed by this server

Configuration

You will need 7 environment variables: BYBIT_API_KEY, BYBIT_API_SECRET, BINANCE_API_KEY, BINANCE_API_SECRET, OKX_API_KEY, OKX_API_SECRET, OKX_PASSPHRASE. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Adding it to your client

The server ships on npm as bybit-official-trading-server, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

When to reach for it

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Description's toolset — Real, Utility — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by sydowma; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the description mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Realtime price data** - Get current ticker information
UtilityThe Utility tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Description MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crypto-exchange": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "bybit-official-trading-server"],
      "env": {
        "BYBIT_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "BYBIT_API_SECRET": "your-value",
        "BINANCE_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "BINANCE_API_SECRET": "your-value",
        "OKX_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "OKX_API_SECRET": "your-value",
        "OKX_PASSPHRASE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
BYBIT_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
BYBIT_API_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
BINANCE_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
BINANCE_API_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
OKX_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
OKX_API_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
OKX_PASSPHRASEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Description to Real.
  • Use Description to Utility.

Frequently asked questions

Bybit, Binance, and OKX – both spot and futures markets for all three.