Spacetraders MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless integration between any MCP client and the SpaceTraders API, enabling automation, analysis, and discussion about the current state of your SpaceTraders game state. Exposed over MCP by the spacetraders mcp mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

Its toolset

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

• Real — time ship cooldown monitoring** - Know exactly when ships are ready for actions
• Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server
• Installation — 1. Clone the repository: bash git clone https://github.com/grantmd/spacetraders-mcp.git cd spacetraders-mcp

Adding it to your client

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

Configuration

You will need one environment variable: SPACETRADERS_TOKEN. 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.

• Go 1.21 or higher - Java 8+ and OpenAPI Generator (for make build on fresh clone; brew install openapi-generator on macOS) - Any MCP Client - SpaceTraders API token (Get one here)

When to reach for it

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. Spacetraders MCP's toolset — Real, Prerequisites, Installation — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by grantmd; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

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 spacetraders mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.