Bitcoin Ordinals MCP Server — inscriptions, runes, BRC-20, collections & rare sats
If you already use Ordinals, the ordinals mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Bitcoin Ordinals MCP Server — inscriptions, runes, BRC-20, collections & rare sats.
The only alternative (ordiscan-mcp) has 25 npm downloads and covers a fraction of the surface. This server is the production-grade option.
ordinals-mcp on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Configuration is passed through the environment: HIRO_API_KEY, ORDISCAN_API_KEY, MAGIC_EDEN_API_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Plenty of developer tooling 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. It is maintained by ExpertVagabond; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
{
"mcpServers": {
"ordinals": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "ordinals-mcp@latest"],
"env": {
"HIRO_API_KEY": "your-key",
"ORDISCAN_API_KEY": "your-key"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| HIRO_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| ORDISCAN_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| MAGIC_EDEN_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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